- Date
- May 21, 1977
- Place
- Mayer, AZ · MAYER, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N19EWTailwind W-8A
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770521012539A
- Case key
- 158168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1182 77/5/21 MAYER,AZ TAILWIND W-8A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 358 TIME - 1100 N19EW PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 107 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOTT,AZ MESA,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19EW
- Reported as
- Tailwind W-8A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.