- Date
- February 10, 1974
- Place
- Friendswood, TX · FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N85166Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740210002979A
- Case key
- 187138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0158 74/2/10 FRIENDSWOOD,TEX AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 568 TIME - 1430 N85166 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRIENDSWOOD,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: VALVES MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ENG NOT LISTD FOR ACFT. LOW OIL PRES. CARB DEPOSIT ON RELIEF VALVE PLUNGR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85166
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clover Field
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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.