- Date
- August 10, 1976
- Place
- Penfield, PA · PENFIELD, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55SMSportavia RF-5B
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760810023859A
- Case key
- 155728
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3036 76/8/10 PENFIELD,PA SPORTAVIA RF-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 246 TIME - 1220 N55SM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUBOIS,PA WILLIAMSPORT,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOST POWER AT 3200 FT,ENGINE NOT EQUIPPED WITH CARBURETOR HEAT SYSTEM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55SM
- Reported as
- Sportavia RF-5B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N55SMRegistered now · Sportavia Putzer RF5B SPERBERAirframe modelSportavia Putzer RF5B SPERBEREngine modelLimbach 1700E
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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.
Other investigations on N55SM · 1
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