19960616013999A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aronca L3B · Morgantown, WV · June 16, 1996

Date
June 16, 1996 · 12:30 local
Place
Morgantown, WV
Airport
Morgantown Municipal-Walter L Bill
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N46634
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD96LA099
Reported as
Aronca L3B
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,485 total2 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost power on climbout. Smoke. Unable return. Nosed over. Muffler failed exhaust melted mag pleads. No annual.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. SMOKE. UNABLE RETURN. NOSED OVER. MUFFLER FAILED EXHAUST MELTED MAG PLEADS. NO ANNUAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.