- Date
- July 4, 1980
- Place
- Laurel, DE · LAUREL, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5810NMillercraft A
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800704028419A
- Case key
- 129292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3400 80/7/4 LAUREL,DE MILLERCRAFT A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N5810N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 60, 18689 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAUREL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAUREL,DE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5810N
- Reported as
- Millercraft A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laurel
N5810NRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · Millercraft AAirframe modelMillercraft AEngine modelContinental W670 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.