- Date
- January 16, 1979
- Place
- Stockbridge, GA · STOCKBRIDGE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2282TPdq-2 E
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790116000939A
- Case key
- 138239
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0025 79/1/16 STOCKBRIDGE,GA PDQ-2 E CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1067 TIME - 1150 N2282T PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERRYHILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKBRIDGE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- VOLKSWAGEN ENGINE UTILIZED SINGLE BATTERY IGNITION SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2282T
- Reported as
- Pdq-2 E
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Berryhill
N2282TRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 1979 · Hoak-James PDQ-2 MODEL-EAirframe modelHoak-James PDQ-2 MODEL-E
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.