- Date
- March 31, 1980
- Place
- Greenville, MS · GREENVILLE, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N635MCAmateur PDQ-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800331007519A
- Case key
- 131715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0214 80/3/31 GREENVILLE,MS AMATEUR PDQ-2 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1312 N635MC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE INT'L DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT NOT ENDORSED FOR SOLO FLT-EQUIPPED WI VOLKSWAGEN ENG-FUEL FILTER OBSTRUCTED BY ALUMINUM MATTER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N635MC
- Reported as
- Amateur PDQ-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greenville Int'L
N635MCRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Cotton-Marvin PDQ-2 MODEL CAirframe modelCotton-Marvin PDQ-2 MODEL CEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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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.