- Date
- May 27, 1971
- Place
- Crystal Lake, IL · CRYSTAL LAKE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2581Coppock SA-100
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162319
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2760 71/5/27 CRYSTAL LAKE,ILL COPPOCK SA-100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1515 N2581 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 42, 9600 TOTAL HOURS, 56 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CYRSTAL LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRYSTAL LAKE,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT TKOF W INSUF FUEL FOR THE FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2581
- Reported as
- Coppock SA-100
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cyrstal Lake
N2581Registered now · Coppock STARDUSTER SA-100Airframe modelCoppock STARDUSTER SA-100Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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