- Date
- October 21, 1979
- Place
- Stevensville, MD · STEVENSVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3794Bushby Mini Mustng
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791021031039A
- Case key
- 133155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3407 79/10/21 NR.STEVENSVILLE,MD BUSHBY MINI MUSTNG CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N3794 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 40, 1060 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENTMORR AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEVENSVILLE,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY PULLED MIXTURE TO LEAN WHILE RETARDING THROTTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3794
- Reported as
- Bushby Mini Mustng
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kentmorr Airpark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.