- Date
- June 30, 1978
- Place
- Mack, CO · MACK, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5575VPeer JR ACE E
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780630015939A
- Case key
- 141839
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1279 78/6/30 MACK,CO PEER JR ACE E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 2175 TIME - 1025 N5575V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 236 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACK MESA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACK,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STROMBERG CARB,NAS3A1,NEEDLE VALVE SEAT,P/N 383911,NOT SAFTIED,LOOSE,BLOCKED FLOAT ARM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5575V
- Reported as
- Peer JR ACE E
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mack Mesa
N5575VRegistered now · Peer JUNIOR ACE "E"Airframe modelPeer JUNIOR ACE "E"Engine 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.