- Date
- April 16, 1974
- Place
- Watervliet, MI · WATERVLIET, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4306Teenie TWO
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740416008899A
- Case key
- 186408
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0747 74/4/16 WATERVLIET,MICH TEENIE TWO CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 170 TIME - 1830 N4306 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERVLIET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERVLIET,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRE-IGNITION DUE UNLEADED FUEL.LNDD IN SWAMP.BOTH WINGS BKN OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4306
- Reported as
- Teenie TWO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watervliet
N4306Registration cancelled Apr 7, 1975 · Pumfery-Mitchell TEENIE TWOAirframe modelPumfery-Mitchell TEENIE TWO
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.