# Accident 19780701019669A: Multec D16, Valley Center, KS, July 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1978
- Place: Valley Center, KS
- Airport: Valley Center
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.8330° N, 97.3677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valley Center, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8330&lon=-97.3677&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91773, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91773-2009-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Temco D-16 (registry code 9230602, https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-d-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MULTEC D16
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,044 total, 61 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DCQ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCQ30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780701019669A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT ENG INTENTIONALLY SHUT DOWN IN FLT. WOULD NOT RESTART.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC78DCQ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCQ30), Jul 1, 1978: Univ Acft D-16 (N91773), Valley Center, KS, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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