- Date
- September 19, 1976
- Place
- Thomas City, MI · THOMAS CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N788Weilbuilt WB-4
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760919030589A
- Case key
- 155648
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3342 76/9/19 THOMAS CITY,MI WEILBUILT WB-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1770 TIME - 1915 N788 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARSAW,IN TAWAS,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT SANK NOT RCVRD.ACFT REFUELED FM 80 OCTANE BARREL.BOTH SEDIMENT & WATER FOUND IN BARREL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N788
- Reported as
- Weilbuilt WB-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.