- Date
- June 26, 1979
- Place
- Princeton, IL · PRINCETON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9228ABowers DSA1
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790626026319A
- Case key
- 135403
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2247 79/6/26 PRINCETON,IL BOWERS DSA1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 241 TIME - 1925 N9228A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINCETON-PIPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRADFORD,IL PRINCETON,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FABRICATED ADAPTER WASHER WELD FAILED CAUSING CRANKSHAFT GEAR,P/N R-326,TO SEPARATE FM CRANKSHAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9228A
- Reported as
- Bowers DSA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Princeton-Piper
N9228ARegistration cancelled Sep 23, 1982 · Bowers-Robert SMITH MINIPLANE DSA1Airframe modelBowers-Robert SMITH MINIPLANE DSA1
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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.