- Date
- June 29, 1974
- Place
- Pasadena, MD · PASADENA, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8426Smith Mini
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740629019749A
- Case key
- 128195
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1811 74/6/29 PASADENA,MD SMITH MINI CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 802 TIME - 1500 N8426 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNTAIN ROAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASADENA,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- OWNER REPAIRED FLOATS IMPROPERLY WRONG CARB INSTALLED ON ENGINE.SOLDERED FLOAT SEAMS LEAKING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8426
- Reported as
- Smith Mini
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mountain Road
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.