- Date
- July 11, 1965
- Place
- Macomb, IL · MACOMB, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N21ZSmith Mini DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177159
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0399 65/7/11 MACOMB ILL SMITH MINI DSA-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0850 N21Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 52, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 85 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACOMB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- DURING DESCENT STRUCK PARKED PIPER J3 N98148.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21Z
- Reported as
- Smith Mini DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Macomb
N21ZRegistration cancelled Aug 31, 1965 · Smith Mini-Plane DSA-1Airframe modelSmith Mini-Plane DSA-1
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.