- Date
- May 21, 1980
- Place
- Stevens Pt, WI · STEVENS PT, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5JJCassutt 111M
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800521014709A
- Case key
- 130894
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1156 80/5/21 STEVENS PT,WI CASSUTT 111M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1959 N5JJ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 1307 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 104 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEVENS PT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEVENS PT,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FUEL SHUTOFF FLEXIBLE CONTROL CABLE ROUTED SO THAT VIBRATION COULD CLOSE VALVE,FOUND CLOSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5JJ
- Reported as
- Cassutt 111M
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stevens Pt Muni
N5JJRegistered now · Tuszka-Weisbrod CASSUTT III MAirframe modelTuszka-Weisbrod CASSUTT III MEngine modelContinental C85 series
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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.