- Date
- July 1, 1978
- Place
- Valley Center, KS · VALLEY CENTER, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91773Univ Acft D-16
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780701019669A
- Case key
- 141367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1680 78/7/1 VALLEY CENTER,KS UNIV ACFT D-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1045 TIME - 1630 N91773 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALLEY CENTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS VALLEY CENTER,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LEFT ENG INTENTIONALLY SHUT DOWN IN FLT. WOULD NOT RESTART.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91773
- Reported as
- Univ Acft D-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valley Center
N91773Registration cancelled May 27, 2009 · Temco D-16Airframe modelTemco D-16Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.