- Date
- May 12, 1979
- Place
- Sanderson, TX · SANDERSON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N83759Holcombe KR-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790512007849A
- Case key
- 136601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0605 79/5/12 SANDERSON,TX HOLCOMBE KR-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 2500 TIME - 0900 N83759 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TERRELL COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANDERSON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- MAGNETO DRIVE SHAFT CRACKED. VOLKSWAGEN 1834 CC ENGINE INSTALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83759
- Reported as
- Holcombe KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Terrell County
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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.