- Date
- July 7, 1978
- Place
- Lewisberry, PA · LEWISBERRY, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N886Vari-Eze 1
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780707017309A
- Case key
- 140752
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2364 78/7/7 LEWISBERRY,PA VARI-EZE 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N886 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEWISBERRY,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT NOT APPROVED IN MODEL ENGINE.STRUCK WIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N886
- Reported as
- Vari-Eze 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N886Registration cancelled Aug 21, 2013 · Kase VARIEZEAirframe modelKase VARIEZEEngine modelContinental 0-200 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.