- Date
- July 24, 1971
- Place
- Akron, OH · AKRON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2163Pitts Spcl
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162988
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2779 71/7/24 AKRON,OHIO PITTS SPCL CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2700 TIME - 1546 N2163 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORVILLE,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR1 CYL EXH VALVE HEAD,STEM SEPD,ALUM PISTON BREAK-UP.OIL PASSAGES CLOGGED FRM ALUM PARTICLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2163
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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