- Date
- September 8, 1974
- Place
- Columbia, IL · COLUMBIA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N331DGBaby Great Lakes
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3233 74/9/8 COLUMBIA,ILL BABY GREAT LAKES CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 190 TIME - 1000 N331DG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL VENT SYSTEM OBSTRUCTED WITH FUEL.ACFT OBSVD DSCNDG STEEPLY INTO FARM FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N331DG
- Reported as
- Baby Great Lakes
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- King
N331DGRegistration cancelled Nov 8, 1974 · Griffin BABY GREAT LAKESAirframe modelGriffin BABY GREAT LAKES
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