- Date
- July 14, 1978
- Place
- Petersburg, MI · PETERSBURG, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N48700Ryan ST3KR
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780714022269A
- Case key
- 140663
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2126 78/7/14 NR.PETERSBURG,MI RYAN ST3KR CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1967 TIME - 1430 N48700 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PETERSBURG,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ENG FUEL STRAINER LINE TO CARB PASSES WITHIN 2IN OF HEAT MUFF FOR APPROX 10IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48700
- Reported as
- Ryan ST3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dion
N48700Registration cancelled Apr 19, 1982 · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KR
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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.