- Date
- July 27, 1975
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3603Nieuport 17
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750727023549A
- Case key
- 150087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2561 75/7/27 MILWAUKEE,WI NIEUPORT 17 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, UNK/NR TIME - 1304 N3603 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL MITCHELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WI NAPIERVILLE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NR 3 ARTICULATING ROD TO MASTER ROD PIN REAR SUPPORT WORKED AFT,STRUCK CRANKSHAFT COUNTERWEIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3603
- Reported as
- Nieuport 17
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- General Mitchell
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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.