- Date
- June 3, 1979
- Place
- Boxboro, MA · BOXBORO, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13GMiniplane DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790603012939A
- Case key
- 144043
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1323 79/6/3 BOXBORO,MA MINIPLANE DSA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1324 TIME - 1610 N13G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINUTEMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOW,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- AN913 PLUG MISSING FROM PRESSURE SIDE OF PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13G
- Reported as
- Miniplane DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Minuteman
N13GRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Smith MINIPLANEAirframe modelSmith MINIPLANEEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.