- Date
- May 21, 1976
- Place
- Green River, WY · GREEN RIVER, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N552Wittman W-10
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760521016189A
- Case key
- 153437
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1504 76/5/21 GREEN RIVER,WY WITTMAN W-10 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, UNK/NR TIME - 1029 N552 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN JOSE,CA STURGIS,KY BATTLE MTN,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N552
- Reported as
- Wittman W-10
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N552Registration cancelled Jul 8, 1977 · Korngold Ralph D WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8Airframe modelKorngold Ralph D WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8
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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.