- Date
- July 15, 1980
- Place
- Ft.Wayne, IN · FT.WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23547Aeronca 65C
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800715025129A
- Case key
- 129758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1055 80/7/15 FT.WAYNE,IN AERONCA 65C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1941 N23547 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 990 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 891 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW HAVEN,IN FT.WAYNE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER/INADEQUATE VENTING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 97 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- AIR INTAKE FOR HEAT MUFF ASSY TAPED OVER.MAIN FUEL LINE LOCATED ADJ HEAT MUFF-VAPOR LOCK.AUTO FUEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23547
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N23547Registration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Aeronca 65-CAirframe modelAeronca 65-CEngine modelContinental A&C65 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.