- Date
- February 8, 1976
- Place
- Evansville, IN · EVANSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N617PSSaltzman BD-5B
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760208003669A
- Case key
- 152895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0265 76/2/8 EVANSVILLE,IN SALTZMAN BD-5B CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N617PS PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 34, 5392 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DRESS REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- KAWASAKI,MODEL Z1A 900CC MODIFIED MOTORCYCLE ENGINE INSTALLED IN AIRPLANE. FUEL 100 LOW LEAD AVGAS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N617PS
- Reported as
- Saltzman BD-5B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dress Regional
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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.