- Date
- July 4, 1974
- Place
- Wellsboro, PA · WELLSBORO, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8883HNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740704019849A
- Case key
- 128148
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1850 74/7/4 WELLSBORO,PA NAVION A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3732 TIME - 1545 N8883H PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 221 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WELLSBORO,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8883H
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Canyon
N8883HRegistration cancelled May 16, 2013 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVIONEngine modelContinental E185 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.