- Date
- September 15, 1975
- Place
- Portland, TN · PORTLAND, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2SFSidewinder S-9
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750915029969A
- Case key
- 150868
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2733 75/9/15 NR.PORTLAND,TN SIDEWINDER S-9 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 300 TIME - 1200 N2SF PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRATVILLE,AL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL VALVE CORE DETERIORATED.NO POS SELECTION OF ANY PSN COULD BE DTMND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2SF
- Reported as
- Sidewinder S-9
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2SFRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 1975 · Frank SMYTH SIDEWINDERAirframe modelFrank SMYTH SIDEWINDER
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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.