- Date
- October 2, 1976
- Place
- Hamburg, NY · HAMBURG, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N33513Metcalf Sport
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761002031659A
- Case key
- 155812
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2928 76/10/2 HAMBURG,NY METCALF SPORT CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 1200 TIME - 1330 N33513 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAMBURG AERODROME DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAMBURG,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TIMING OUT OF LIMITS. WRONG TYPE SPARK PLUGS. ACFT HIT BRIDGE AND CRASHED. ACFT OVER GROSS WT LIM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33513
- Reported as
- Metcalf Sport
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hamburg Aerodrome
N33513Registration cancelled Dec 7, 1977 · Matcalf AEROSPORT RAILAirframe modelMatcalf AEROSPORT RAIL
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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.