- Date
- August 28, 1978
- Place
- Blakesburg, IA · BLAKESBURG, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N19877Taylorcraft A
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780828021869A
- Case key
- 139905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2138 78/8/28 BLAKESBURG,IA TAYLORCRAFT A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 570 TIME - 0830 N19877 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANTIQUE AIRFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAKESBURG,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED ENG NOT WARMED UP SUFFICIENTLY BEFORE TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19877
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Antique Airfield
N19877Registration cancelled Aug 1, 2022 · Taylorcraft AAirframe modelTaylorcraft AEngine modelContinental A40 series
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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.