- Date
- November 16, 1974
- Place
- Asheville, NC · ASHEVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3556Baby Ace E
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741116037989A
- Case key
- 143104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3639 74/11/16 ASHEVILLE,NC BABY ACE E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 500 TIME - 1530 N3556 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASHEVILLE AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHEVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 4 CYL SEPARATED BTWN FIRST AND SECOND COOLING FIN FM BASE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3556
- Reported as
- Baby Ace E
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Asheville Airpark
N3556Registration cancelled Jan 6, 1975 · Baird BABY ACE EAirframe modelBaird BABY ACE EEngine modelFranklin 4AC199D&E series
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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.