- Date
- December 30, 1977
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO · CREVE COEUR, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N68079Heying PDQ-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771230038309A
- Case key
- 144314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3721 77/12/30 CREVE COEUR,MO HEYING PDQ-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2020 TIME - 1615 N68079 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CREVE COEUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CREVE COEUR,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HOMEBUILT WITH VW ENGINE.POWER LOSS ON INITIAL FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68079
- Reported as
- Heying PDQ-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Creve Coeur
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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.