- Date
- March 5, 1981
- Place
- Half Moon Bay, CA · HALF MOON BAY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7200EL Camino 70-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810305008809A
- Case key
- 127272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0220 81/3/5 HALF MOON BAY,CA EL CAMINO 70-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 609 TIME - 1630 N7200 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HALFMOON BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HALF MOON BAY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG VOLKSWAGEN 40HP.LOSS OF THRUST FROM LOOSE PROP BELT DRIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7200
- Reported as
- EL Camino 70-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Halfmoon Bay
N7200Registration cancelled May 31, 2018 · Slappendel EL CAMINO 70-1Airframe modelSlappendel EL CAMINO 70-1Engine modelContinental A&C65 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.