- Date
- July 21, 1974
- Place
- Mason, MI · MASON, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N24459Taylorcraft BL-65
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740721025689A
- Case key
- 134958
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2591 74/7/21 MASON,MICH TAYLORCRAFT BL-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 225 TIME - 1245 N24459 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEWITT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MASON,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARBURETOR DESIGN DOES NOT INCORPORATE AN ACCELERATOR PUMP.PWR LOSS THRU RAPID THROTTLE USE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24459
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BL-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jewitt
N24459Registration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Taylorcraft BL-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BL-65Engine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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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.