- Date
- January 7, 1973
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8847Keith K-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730107000479A
- Case key
- 169718
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0159 73/1/7 TUCSON,ARIZ KEITH K-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 46 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N8847 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RYAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE INDUCTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT STATED INTAKE MANIFOLD TOO LONG,ALLOWED ICE TO FORM. HAD 20 MIN IN TYPE ACFT. VW ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8847
- Reported as
- Keith K-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ryan
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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.