- Date
- July 8, 1972
- Place
- Kirkville, NY · KIRKVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2203Fokker DR1
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166561
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1001 72/7/8 KIRKVILLE,NY FOKKER DR1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1250 TIME - 1730 N2203 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KIRKVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KIRKVILLE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R MAG OUT OF TIME,PLUGS IMPROPERLY GAPPED. STALLED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2203
- Reported as
- Fokker DR1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kirkville
N2203Registered now · Coughlin FOKKER OR-1Airframe modelCoughlin FOKKER OR-1Engine modelWarner SCARAB 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.