- Date
- January 30, 1981
- Place
- Canyon, TX · CANYON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71UCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810130003589A
- Case key
- 127142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0101 81/1/30 CANYON,TX CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 477 TIME - 1500 N71U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARTRELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANYON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- CAMSHAFT WOULD NOT TURN WHEN CRANKSHAFT ROTATED.NOSED OVER TO AVOID CANYON AT END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71U
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gartrell
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N71U · 1
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