- Date
- March 3, 1979
- Place
- Montville, NJ · MONTVILLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2451Stits Play
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790303007479A
- Case key
- 137107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0899 79/3/3 MONTVILLE,NJ STITS PLAY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 225 TIME - 1430 N2451 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANOVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTVILLE,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- WOODED TERRAIN. LNDD ON ICE COVERED LAKE. ICE BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2451
- Reported as
- Stits Play
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hanover
N2451Registration cancelled Sep 6, 2011 · Perrius STITS 11-AAirframe modelPerrius STITS 11-AEngine modelLycoming 0-235 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.