- Date
- November 8, 1980
- Place
- Hurst, TX · HURST, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6754KRepublic RC-3
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801108063449A
- Case key
- 127777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2960 80/11/8 HURST,TX REPUBLIC RC-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1542 N6754K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 61, 18150 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANGHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HURST,TX GRANBURY,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: DISTRIBUTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WATER DROPS IN MAGNETO,DISTRIBUTER POINTS BURNED.WITNESS RPRTD ENG RUNNING ROUGH BFR TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6754K
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mangham
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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.