- Date
- May 13, 1971
- Place
- Kalamazoo, MI · KALAMAZOO, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1639GChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1182 71/5/13 KALAMAZOO,MICH CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 4643 TIME - 1510 N1639G PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KALAMAZOO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALAMAZOO,MICH JACKSON,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DIAPHRAGM IN FUEL INJECTOR SERVO UNIT CAME LOOSE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1639G
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kalamazoo
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