- Date
- October 7, 1972
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N93177Midget Mstg Cupp
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3002 72/10/7 SAN JOSE,CALIF MIDGET MSTG CUPP CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 800 TIME - 0827 N93177 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID-HILLVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BOLT CONNECTING MIXT CTL WIRE TO ARM MISSING.12 HRS SMOH. LND IN PARKING LOT,HIT CURB & FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93177
- Reported as
- Midget Mstg Cupp
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reid-Hillview
N93177Registration cancelled Dec 15, 1972 · Amateur-Built MIDGET MUSTANGAirframe modelAmateur-Built MIDGET MUSTANG
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