- Date
- April 29, 1978
- Place
- Lompoc, CA · LOMPOC, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56RMMakurat 5-BX
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780429012449A
- Case key
- 142443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1155 78/4/29 LOMPOC,CA MAKURAT 5-BX CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 801 TIME - 0745 N56RM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOMPOC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOMPOC,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56RM
- Reported as
- Makurat 5-BX
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lompoc
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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.