- Date
- August 26, 1978
- Place
- Crawfordsville, IN · CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2189GCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780826029719A
- Case key
- 139430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3542 78/8/26 CRAWFORDSVILLE,IN CESSNA 182A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 197 TIME - 1310 N2189G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAWFORDSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPEEDWAY,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NUMBER 6 PISTON FAILED IN BOSS AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2189G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crawfordsville
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2189G · 1
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