- Date
- October 24, 1976
- Place
- Canyon Country, CA · CANYON COUNTRY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N81109Funk B75L
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761024034099A
- Case key
- 155935
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3265 76/10/24 NR.CANYON COUNTRY,CA FUNK B75L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 82 TOTAL TIME - 1140 N81109 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MYSTERY MESA RNCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ONXARD,CA. TWENTYNINE PALMS,CA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NUMBER 4 PISTON WAS PEENED & PART OF VALVE WAS LOOSE IN CYLINDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81109
- Reported as
- Funk B75L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mystery Mesa Rnch
N81109Registration cancelled Jan 30, 2021 · Mcclish FUNK B75LAirframe modelMcclish FUNK B75LEngine modelLycoming O&GO-145C series
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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.