- Date
- August 13, 1969
- Place
- Vinland, KS · VINLAND, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N74080Fly-Baby Hughs
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4749 69/8/13 VINLAND,KANS FLY-BABY HUGHS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, UNK/NR TIME - 1445 N74080 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VINLAND VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VINLAND,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SUB DMG TO ACFT DURG LDG IN CORN FIELD.NR 4 SPARK PLUG FOULED BY HARD BROWNISH GRAY SUBSTANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74080
- Reported as
- Fly-Baby Hughs
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vinland Valley
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