- Date
- April 20, 1980
- Place
- Big Spring, TX · BIG SPRING, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4992VCASA 131E
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800420013309A
- Case key
- 131123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0555 80/4/20 BIG SPRING,TX CASA 131E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1420 N4992V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 60, 14715 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOSS LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG SPRING,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRAINED LARGE AMOUNT OF DIRTY FUEL BEFORE CLEARING.INSECT WINGS FOUND IN FUEL STRAINER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4992V
- Reported as
- CASA 131E
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moss Lake
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.