- Date
- April 26, 1978
- Place
- Marksville, LA · MARKSVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N73549W Pusher WAS 2
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780426009689A
- Case key
- 142184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0796 78/4/26 MARKSVILLE,LA W PUSHER WAS 2 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 625 TIME - 1110 N73549 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 145 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARKSVILLE,LA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARKSVILLE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ENG TEARDOWN SHOWED EXTREME TEMP & EXCESSIVE SCUFFING ON #4 CYLINDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73549
- Reported as
- W Pusher WAS 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marksville,La
N73549Registration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Haydel WOODS PUSHERAirframe modelHaydel WOODS PUSHEREngine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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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.