- Date
- July 24, 1978
- Place
- Boulder, CO · BOULDER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29639Taylorcraft BC1265
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2750 78/7/24 NR.BOULDER,CO TAYLORCRAFT BC1265 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 314 TIME - 1900 N29639 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 153 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL VALVE BROKEN IN 3/4 OPEN POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29639
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC1265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N29639Registration cancelled Sep 24, 2012 · Taylorcraft BC12-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N29639 · 1
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