- Date
- July 27, 1974
- Place
- Fond Du Lac, WI · FOND DU LAC, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N181JAcro Duster SA-700
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740727025129A
- Case key
- 125827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2116 74/7/27 FOND DU LAC,WIS ACRO DUSTER SA-700 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1651 TIME - 1010 N181J PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOND DU LAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOND DU LAC,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ALT AIR DOOR HINGES WORN,PIN MISSING.AIR INTAKE BLOCKED.LNDD IN WHEAT FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N181J
- Reported as
- Acro Duster SA-700
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fond Du Lac
N181JRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 1976 · Osborne STARDUSTER-SA-700Airframe modelOsborne STARDUSTER-SA-700
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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.
Other investigations on N181J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.