- Date
- August 7, 1976
- Place
- Mansfield, TX · MANSFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N832WPDehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760807025909A
- Case key
- 155548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2227 76/8/7 MANSFIELD,TX DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1945 N832WP PX- 0 1 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 27, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARBER AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANSFIELD,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FOREIGN MATTER FOUND IN FUEL PUMP. FUEL TYPE USED LL100.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N832WP
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Barber Airpark
N832WPRegistered now · Dehavilland CHIPMUNK 22AAirframe modelDehavilland CHIPMUNK 22AEngine modelDehav ENG GIPSY MAJOR
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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.