- Date
- July 9, 1978
- Place
- Marietta, GA · MARIETTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2279DPDQ 2
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780709018639A
- Case key
- 141402
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1739 78/7/9 NR.MARIETTA,GA PDQ 2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 200 TIME - 1800 N2279D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARIETTA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC IGNITION. ONE CELL OF BATTERY WAS DEAD.VW ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2279D
- Reported as
- PDQ 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2279DRegistration cancelled Jul 26, 1982 · Strickland PDQ-2 MODEL CAirframe modelStrickland PDQ-2 MODEL C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2279D · 1
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