- Date
- November 29, 1974
- Place
- Plainwell, MI · PLAINWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2981CJupiter J1
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741129041189A
- Case key
- 144451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3985 74/11/29 PLAINWELL,MICH JUPITER J1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1640 TIME - 1600 N2981C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTSEGO-PLAINWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINWELL,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ALUMINUM FLAKE BLOCKED FUEL PASSAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2981C
- Reported as
- Jupiter J1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Otsego-Plainwell
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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.