- Date
- August 1, 1976
- Place
- Jerseyville, IL · JERSEYVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3645GStitts SA3A
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760801040959A
- Case key
- 156120
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3980 76/8/1 JERSEYVILLE,IL STITTS SA3A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0814 N3645G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 43, 3725 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 411 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JERSEYVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JERSEYVILLE,IL BOULDER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT.7FT HIGH CORN STALKS HINDERED LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3645G
- Reported as
- Stitts SA3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jerseyville
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.