- Date
- September 7, 1971
- Place
- Arlington, TX · ARLINGTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9148Pop Rivets 4
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1571 71/9/7 ARLINGTON,TEX POP RIVETS 4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 250 TIME - 0930 N9148 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PYLON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACCELERATOR PUMP JET CAME LOOSE AND BLOCKED GAP OF NR 2 SPARK PLUG IN VW ENG. ENG OVHL 2 HRS PRIOR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9148
- Reported as
- Pop Rivets 4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pylon
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