- Date
- February 19, 1978
- Place
- Corbin, KY · CORBIN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N21DWStits SA-11A
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780219002649A
- Case key
- 143365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0639 78/2/19 NR.CORBIN,KY STITS SA-11A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 991 TIME - 1115 N21DW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONDON,KY DALTON,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HD OF NR 4 EXH VALVE BROKEN OFF.LNDD ON RIDGE,NO SUITABLE LDG AREA AVAILABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21DW
- Reported as
- Stits SA-11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N21DWRegistration cancelled Dec 21, 1981 · Wade STITS PLAYMATE SA11AAirframe modelWade STITS PLAYMATE SA11A
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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.