- Date
- August 8, 1978
- Place
- Leesburg, VA · LEESBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N78HSPazmany PL-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2035 78/8/8 LEESBURG,VA PAZMANY PL-4 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 63, 3200 TIME - 0930 N78HS PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GODFREY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEESBURG,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LIMBACH 1900D ENGINE.FUEL PULSATING,NO FUEL PR BUILD-UP DOWNSTREAM ENG DRIVEN PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78HS
- Reported as
- Pazmany PL-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Godfrey Field