- Date
- February 29, 1976
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N996WASiai-Marche S20522
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760229004429A
- Case key
- 153039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0705 76/2/29 GREENSBORO,NC SIAI-MARCHE S20522 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 675 TIME - 1520 N996WA PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GREENSBORO,NC RETURN ASHEBORO,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS 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 PISTON BADLY MUTILATED.CONROD BENT,AND PART OF PISTON PIN MISSING.HIT ROAD EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N996WA
- Reported as
- Siai-Marche S20522
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N996WARegistration cancelled Oct 20, 1981 · Siai-Marchetti S.205/22RAirframe modelSiai-Marchetti S.205/22R
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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.