- Date
- May 15, 1976
- Place
- New Lenox, IL · NEW LENOX, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N31246Mustang I
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760515012269A
- Case key
- 153831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1253 76/5/15 NEW LENOX,IL MUSTANG I CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1914 TIME - 1730 N31246 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW LENOX,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S) LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CAR ON ROAD PREVENTED ITS USE WHILE MANEUVERING FOR LNDG AREA HIT HOUSE.WAX MASS BLOCKED OPENING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31246
- Reported as
- Mustang I
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Howell
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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.