- Date
- January 17, 1981
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N242RVLake RV-3
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810117000579A
- Case key
- 127279
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0149 81/1/17 BAKERSFIELD,CA LAKE RV-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 5100 TIME - 1350 N242RV PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHAFTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELANO,CA BAKERSFIELD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SCREWS HOLDING CARB ALT AIR BOX BUTTERFLY VALVE NOT SAFETIED,BACKED OFF.VALVE INJESTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N242RV
- Reported as
- Lake RV-3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shafter
N242RVRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Lake John K RV-3Airframe modelLake John K RV-3Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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.