- Date
- May 26, 1975
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH · WADSWORTH, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N90837Kanran KR-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750526013629A
- Case key
- 149019
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1213 75/5/26 WADSWORTH,OH KANRAN KR-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 378 TIME - 0930 N90837 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WADSWORTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WADSWORTH,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VW 1600 ENG CHOKE ACTUATING WIRE DISCONNECTED. CHOKE CLOSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90837
- Reported as
- Kanran KR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wadsworth
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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.