- Date
- July 1, 1972
- Place
- Holly Springs, NC · HOLLY SPRINGS, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2550Woods Windy TOO
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166562
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1004 72/7/1 HOLLY SPRINGS,NC WOODS WINDY TOO CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 277 TIME - 1030 N2550 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELBA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLLY SPRINGS,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: DETONATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L PISTON FAILED DUE DETONATION. PLT DIDNT RECOVER FROM STEEP SLIP DURING LDG ATTEMPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2550
- Reported as
- Woods Windy TOO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shelba
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