- Date
- February 6, 1974
- Place
- Boulder, CO · BOULDER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2554Taylorbuilt 1
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740206002399A
- Case key
- 187275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0062 74/2/6 BOULDER,COLO TAYLORBUILT 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N2554 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 62, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- GEAR HUNG UP.ELEC PWR LOST.ELECT FUEL PUMPS INOP,NOT EQUIPT WITH ENG DRIVEN PUMPS.LND IN SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2554
- Reported as
- Taylorbuilt 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Boulder Muni
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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.