- Date
- August 9, 1969
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO · CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N175NNorcross DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162431
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3496 69/8/9 CHESTERFIELD,MO NORCROSS DSA-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 3081 TIME - 1350 N175N PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 581 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT ST LOUIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- PWR LOSS DRG AIR RACE.DRG EXAM AND RUN-UP,ENG CONTINUED TO AUTO-IGNITE AFTER SWITCH TURNED OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N175N
- Reported as
- Norcross DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spirit St Louis
N175NRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2012 · Smith Miniplane DSA-1Airframe modelSmith Miniplane DSA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N175N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.