- Date
- June 20, 1970
- Place
- Imlay City, MI · IMLAY CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12045Tailwind Cougar
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2631 70/6/20 IMLAY CITY,MICH TAILWIND COUGAR CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 42, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N12045 PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRASER,MICH BAD AXE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: LINES,HOSES,FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT,BUILDER USED LO PRES OIL LINE HOSE,HI PRES REQD.LINE BROKE,OIL SPRAYED WNDSHIELD,SMOKE IN ACFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12045
- Reported as
- Tailwind Cougar
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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