- Date
- June 21, 1980
- Place
- Bangs, TX · BANGS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N16669Piper J-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800621021629A
- Case key
- 131249
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0763 80/6/21 NR.BANGS,TX PIPER J-2 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 908 TIME - 2030 N16669 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 157 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BANGS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRIMARY LEAD OF MAG,BENDIX-SCINTILLA SF4L S/N 10319,GROUNDED BY SLIPPED SHIELD,P/N 10-16507.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16669
- Reported as
- Piper J-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private
N16669Registration cancelled Jun 5, 2021 · Piper J-2Airframe modelPiper J-2Engine modelContinental A40 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.