- Date
- February 26, 1978
- Place
- Waterford, CT · WATERFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N776YElci JD2FF
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780226004269A
- Case key
- 143181
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0424 78/2/26 WATERFORD,CT ELCI JD2FF CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 494 TIME - 1130 N776Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERFORD,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT STATED FOUND ICE & WATER IN FUEL SCREEN DURING PREFLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N776Y
- Reported as
- Elci JD2FF
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waterford
N776YRegistration cancelled May 1, 1989 · Elci FOO FIGHTER JD2FFAirframe modelElci FOO FIGHTER JD2FF
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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.