19971008030499A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ford Frederick C RV-4 · Dansville, NY · October 8, 1997

Date
October 8, 1997
Place
Dansville, NY
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N17PQ
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD98LA004
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Engine quit while climbing, turned and attempted to return to land, lost altitude and landed hard on a grassy porti

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WHILE CLIMBING, TURNED AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO LAND, LOST ALTITUDE AND LANDED HARD ON A GRASSY PORTI

NTSB investigation

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