- Date
- September 22, 1973
- Place
- Ashfork, AZ · ASHFORK, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N247AFBowers Fly Baby
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730922031689A
- Case key
- 188354
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3070 73/9/22 ASHFORK,ARIZ BOWERS FLY BABY CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1370 TIME - 1225 N247AF PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASHFORK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHFORK,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARB FLOAT NEEDLE SEAT LOOSE.ACFT BUILT & OPERATED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL.SECOND FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N247AF
- Reported as
- Bowers Fly Baby
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ashfork
N247AFRegistration cancelled May 7, 1974 · ASH Fork High School FLY BABY IIAirframe modelASH Fork High School FLY BABY II
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.