- Date
- January 12, 1974
- Place
- Tullahoma, TN · TULLAHOMA, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66329Aeronca L-16
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740112000439A
- Case key
- 186680
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1597 74/1/12 TULLAHOMA,TENN AERONCA L-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 306 TIME - 1320 N66329 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUTLEDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULLAHOMA,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ALL SPARK PLUG FOUND BAD.ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF.PLT TURNED BACK TO ARPT OPEN FLD AHEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66329
- Reported as
- Aeronca L-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rutledge
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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.