- Date
- April 25, 1974
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10AESmith EOS-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740425011739A
- Case key
- 186286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0882 74/4/25 PONTIAC,MICH SMITH EOS-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1016 N10AE PX- 0 0 0 TEST 25, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, 0 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG MAKE AND MOD HIRTH-650 TWO CYCLE.HOLE IN BOTH PISTONS.FUEL AIR MIXT LEAN DUE INCREASED RAM AIR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10AE
- Reported as
- Smith EOS-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland Pontiac
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.