- Date
- April 11, 1966
- Place
- Sweetwater, TX · SWEETWATER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N81149Funk B85C
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172980
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0207 66/4/11 SWEETWATER TEX FUNK B85C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 61 TOTAL TIME - 0530 N81149 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AVENGER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- SAND AND FLAKY FOREIGN MATERIAL ON STROMBERG NA-S3A1 CARBURETOR MIXTURE CONTROL VALVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81149
- Reported as
- Funk B85C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Avenger
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