- Date
- November 13, 1977
- Place
- Davis, CA · DAVIS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3842Coot A
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771113036079A
- Case key
- 144652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3561 77/11/13 DAVIS,CA COOT A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N3842 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 22, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YOLO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIO VISTA,CA REDDING,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PILOT LEFT THE GEAR RETRACTED TO EXTEND GLIDE WHEN APRT ASSURED NOT TIME TO EXTEND GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3842
- Reported as
- Coot A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yolo County
FAA reports on this event · 1
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