- Date
- January 6, 1974
- Place
- Westford, MA · WESTFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30313Piper J5A
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740106000919A
- Case key
- 186740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1075 74/1/6 WESTFORD,MASS PIPER J5A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 425 TIME - 1330 N30313 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTFORD,MASS PEPPERELL,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WATER,RUST,DIRT FOUND IN FUEL FROM QUICK DRAIN AND STRAINER BOWL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30313
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brown
N30313Registration cancelled Dec 19, 2016 · Piper J5AAirframe modelPiper J5AEngine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N30313 · 1
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