- Date
- November 4, 1980
- Place
- Broken Bow, NE · BROKEN BOW, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6978ECessna 175A
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801104063679A
- Case key
- 127816
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3143 80/11/4 BROKEN BOW,NE CESSNA 175A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 274 TIME - 1130 N6978E PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROKEN BOW MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROKEN BOW,NE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXHAUST VALVE STUCK OPEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6978E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Broken Bow Muni
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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.