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NTSB accident investigation · Quickie · Provo, UT · March 18, 1981

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
March 18, 1981
Place
Provo, UT · PROVO, UT
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N8523CQuickie
Status
Completed · report April 27, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19810318015939A
Case key
127437

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0374  81/3/18    PROVO,UT            QUICKIE             CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 132
        TIME - 1210                    N8523C              PX-  0  0  0  EXPERIMENTATION           TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PROVO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PROVO,UT                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND

Aircraft

Registration
N8523C
Reported as
Quickie
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Provo

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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Other investigations on N8523C · 1

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