- Date
- May 14, 1977
- Place
- Tell City, IN · TELL CITY, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4628SJodel D11
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770514014589A
- Case key
- 147191
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2102 77/5/14 TELL CITY, IN JODEL D11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 518 TIME - 1715 N4628S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERRY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROUGH RIVER, KY PERRYSVILLE, IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- CARB MAIN JET & NOZZLE PLUGGED,FLOAT CHAMBER CONTAINED RED-COLORED DUST.AVOIDING DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4628S
- Reported as
- Jodel D11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Perry County
N4628SRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Jodel D-11Airframe modelJodel D-11Engine modelContinental A80 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4628S · 1
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