CHI72FLQ32

NTSB accident investigation · Mong Sport MS-2 · Elizabethtown, KY · March 25, 1972

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
March 25, 1972
Place
Elizabethtown, KY · ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N2376Mong Sport MS-2
Status
Completed · report October 10, 1972
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
165910

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0379  72/3/25    ELIZABETHTOWN,KY    MONG SPORT MS-2     CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 411
        TIME - 1555                    N2376               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETHTOWN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ELIZABETHTOWN,KY            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND

Aircraft

Registration
N2376
Reported as
Mong Sport MS-2
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Elizabethtown

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