- Date
- July 27, 1981
- Place
- Mattoon, IL · MATTOON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N88936Cassutt 3M
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810727048829A
- Case key
- 124088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2734 81/7/27 MATTOON,IL CASSUTT 3M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 595 TIME - 1125 N88936 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLES COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MATTOON,IL CLINTON,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRESERVATIVE POWDER FROM AUTOMOTIVE HOSE USED IN FUEL SYS FD IN CARB FLOAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88936
- Reported as
- Cassutt 3M
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coles County
N88936Registered now · Brown CASSUTT 111MAirframe modelBrown CASSUTT 111MEngine 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.