- Date
- November 29, 1970
- Place
- Pensacola, FL · PENSACOLA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3929Drainville JT
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4609 70/11/29 PENSACOLA,FLA DRAINVILLE JT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1035 TIME - 1445 N3929 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FERGUSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENSACOLA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VW ENG WITH FORD MODEL A CARB. MISUSED MIXTURE-CHOKE CTL.HIT TREES R OF RWY THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3929
- Reported as
- Drainville JT
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ferguson
N3929Registration cancelled Mar 3, 1971 · Drainville JEANIES TEENIEAirframe modelDrainville JEANIES TEENIE
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