- Date
- July 8, 1974
- Place
- Hawthorne, CA · HAWTHORNE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N17659Spartan 7W
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740708019389A
- Case key
- 128229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1763 74/7/8 HAWTHORNE,CALIF SPARTAN 7W CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1215 N17659 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 61, 30502 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAWTHORNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT LEFT RAG IN ENG COWL WHCH ENTRD CARB INTAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17659
- Reported as
- Spartan 7W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hawthorne
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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.