- Date
- July 20, 1971
- Place
- Corsicana, TX · CORSICANA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N115YTraver Spcl PAC
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162122
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2757 71/7/20 CORSICANA,TEX TRAVER SPCL PAC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1759 N115Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 1400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORSICANA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORSICANA,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG QUIT DRG INTNTL SPIN,UN RESTART.LIMITED CHOICE OF SUITABLE LDG AREAS DUE ACFT HIGH SINK RATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N115Y
- Reported as
- Traver Spcl PAC
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corsicana Muni
N115YRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Taver Special PACAirframe modelTaver Special PACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.