- Date
- November 3, 1974
- Place
- Orchard Park, NY · ORCHARD PARK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N89624Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741103037209A
- Case key
- 146429
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0033 74/11/3 ORCHARD PARK,NY CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N89624 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 43, 800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ORCHARD PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORCHARD PARK,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- MIXT CTL SAFETY WIRED TO FULL RICH.WIRE BROKE MIXT MOVED TO ABT 1/4 OPEN.BRAKED HARD,ACFT INVERTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89624
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Orchard Park
N89624Registration cancelled Aug 27, 2013 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 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.