- Date
- May 21, 1977
- Place
- Gardner, MA · GARDNER, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N164Cassutt 3
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770521013819A
- Case key
- 158716
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1239 77/5/21 GARDNER,MA CASSUTT 3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 2802 TIME - 0930 N164 PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARDNER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARDNER,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- VENTURI SLIDE CONTROL ROD WORKED FREE THROTTLE BECAME INEFFECTIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N164
- Reported as
- Cassutt 3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gardner Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
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