- Date
- August 27, 1977
- Place
- West Lebanon, ME · WEST LEBANON, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24046Taylorcraft BC-65
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770827025629A
- Case key
- 146404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2338 77/8/27 WEST LEBANON,ME TAYLORCRAFT BC-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1420 N24046 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 34, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TURNER,ME EAST HADDAM,CT LAWRENCE,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SEAPLANE LANDING IN ROCKY FIELD CAUSED DAMAGE. CARBURETOR BOWL CONTAINED DIRTY WATER AND SEDIMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24046
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N24046Registered now · Taylorcraft BC-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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