- Date
- December 12, 1980
- Place
- Red Bluff, CA · RED BLUFF, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9708AStits SA11A
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801212075069A
- Case key
- 127742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3703 80/12/12 RED BLUFF,CA STITS SA11A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 53, 113 TIME - 1500 N9708A PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RED BLUFF,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROLONGED GLIDE WITHOUT CARB HEAT OR CLEARING ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9708A
- Reported as
- Stits SA11A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9708ARegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2009 · Adema-Hille STITS PLAYMATE SA11AAirframe modelAdema-Hille STITS PLAYMATE SA11AEngine modelLycoming 0-290 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.