- Date
- July 26, 1979
- Place
- Brewton, AL · BREWTON, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N101WGHeadwind J.D.
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790726031119A
- Case key
- 133784
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3715 79/7/26 BREWTON,AL HEADWIND J.D. CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1567 TIME - 1620 N101WG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BREWTON,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ALUMINUM COUPLER BTN CRANKSHAFT & MAGNETO WORN.ENG STOPPED IN FLT WHEN IDLED AT 1200RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101WG
- Reported as
- Headwind J.D.
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N101WGRegistration cancelled Aug 16, 1980 · Gardner-Joseph HEADWIND JD HW 1.7Airframe modelGardner-Joseph HEADWIND JD HW 1.7
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.