- Date
- June 4, 1971
- Place
- Clarksville, TN · CLARKSVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15WWiggins WM-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2017 71/6/4 CLARKSVILLE,TENN WIGGINS WM-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 71 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N15W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOTHAN,ALA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLIGHT PHASE UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15W
- Reported as
- Wiggins WM-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N15WRegistration cancelled Jun 8, 2018 · Wiggins MEADOWLARK WM-1Airframe modelWiggins MEADOWLARK WM-1Engine modelLycoming 0-145B 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.