- Date
- September 11, 1973
- Place
- Nucla, CO · NUCLA, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78JRyan ST-3KR
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730911031949A
- Case key
- 188329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3130 73/9/11 NUCLA,COLO RYAN ST-3KR CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N78J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 5100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 107 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NUCLA,COLO DELTA,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78J
- Reported as
- Ryan ST-3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N78JRegistered now · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KREngine modelKinner R5 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.