- Date
- October 20, 1979
- Place
- Aberdeen, SD · ABERDEEN, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7WCVarieze Ratan
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791020029069A
- Case key
- 133485
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2694 79/10/20 ABERDEEN,SD VARIEZE RATAN CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 283 TIME - 1300 N7WC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABERDEEN MUN. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIOUX FALLS, SD ABERDEEN,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RETRACTABLE NOSE GR,FIXED MAIN GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7WC
- Reported as
- Varieze Ratan
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aberdeen Mun.
FAA reports on this event · 1
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