- Date
- August 25, 1973
- Place
- Meadville, PA · MEADVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39144Taylorcraft BF1265
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730825028659A
- Case key
- 189244
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2381 73/8/25 MEADVILLE,PA TAYLORCRAFT BF1265 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1000 TIME - 1200 N39144 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT MEADVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONNEAUT LAKE,PA CONNEAUT LAKE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT NOT MAINTAINED IN ACCORD WITH FAR.SOME CERAMIC PLUG TERM BKN OR MISSING PLUGS CARBON SOOTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39144
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BF1265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Meadville
N39144Registration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Taylorcraft BF12-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BF12-65Engine modelFranklin 4AC176B series
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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.