- Date
- March 27, 1975
- Place
- Drifting, PA · DRIFTING, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N985WASiai-Marche S205
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750327015079A
- Case key
- 148093
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1247 75/3/27 DRIFTING,PA SIAI-MARCHE S205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1612 N985WA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 51, 1749 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 37 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EMPORIUM,PA COLLEGEVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP GOV INLET BLKD RESIDUE FM INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE.ORIGIN OF FAILURE IN NR 3 PISTON & PIN AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N985WA
- Reported as
- Siai-Marche S205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N985WARegistered now · Siai-Marchetti S.205/22RAirframe modelSiai-Marchetti S.205/22REngine modelFranklin 6V 350 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.