- Date
- July 3, 1965
- Place
- New Haven, CT · NEW HAVEN, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9155RMiniplane DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178918
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1531 65/7/3 NEW HAVEN CONN MINIPLANE DSA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 3000 TIME - 1700 N9155R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWEED-NEW HAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLOAT NEEDLE VALVE SEAT NOT SAFETY WIRED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9155R
- Reported as
- Miniplane DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tweed-New Haven
N9155RRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2012 · Smith Miniplane DSA-1Airframe modelSmith Miniplane DSA-1Engine modelContinental C85 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N9155R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.