- Date
- April 21, 1974
- Place
- Tappahannock, VA · TAPPAHANNOCK, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3029GForney F1A
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740421013449A
- Case key
- 124725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1552 74/4/21 TAPPAHANNOCK,VA FORNEY F1A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 560 TIME - 1000 N3029G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAPPAHANNOCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAPPAHANNOCK,VA WILMINGTON,DEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) 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- STRUCK GND ON NOSE GR.ACFT SKIDDED ON GND STRUCK UNOCCUPIED CESSNA N8296B,SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3029G
- Reported as
- Forney F1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tappahannock
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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.