- Date
- October 13, 1968
- Place
- St.George, SC · ST.GEORGE, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N155FEaa Biplane PF
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107459
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3941 68/10/13 ST.GEORGE,SC EAA BIPLANE PF CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 180 TIME - 1615 N155F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.GEORGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DISTRIBUTOR ROTOR BEARING FAILED. SEVERAL TEETH STRIPPED FROM ROTOR GEAR.ROTOR BEARING DRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N155F
- Reported as
- Eaa Biplane PF
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St.George
N155FRegistration cancelled Sep 5, 2014 · Eaa Biplane PFAirframe modelEaa Biplane PFEngine modelContinental C85 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.