- Date
- April 29, 1979
- Place
- N Little Rock, AR · N LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1878Bowers Fly
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790429007249A
- Case key
- 136593
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0760 79/4/29 N LITTLE ROCK,AR BOWERS FLY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 740 TIME - 1130 N1878 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH LITTLE ROCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE ROCK,AR N LITTLE ROCK,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- WIRES MARKING AUTO PARKING AREA SHORT OF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1878
- Reported as
- Bowers Fly
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Little Rock
N1878Registration cancelled Feb 9, 2004 · Pete Bowers FLY BABYAirframe modelPete Bowers FLY BABYEngine modelContinental A&C65 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.
Other investigations on N1878 · 1
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