- Date
- July 23, 1977
- Place
- Willsonville, OR · WILLSONVILLE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75MBBuffum Mini Coupe
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770723022769A
- Case key
- 145850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2793 77/7/23 WILLSONVILLE,OR BUFFUM MINI COUPE CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 222 TIME - 0945 N75MB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP EVERGREEN,WA HUBBARD,OR SCAPPOOSE,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VW 1600CC ENGINE.LOCK WSHR BROKE AND LOOSENED HOLD DOWN NUT.INTAKE ROCKER DISENGAGED FM PUSH ROD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75MB
- Reported as
- Buffum Mini Coupe
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N75MBRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Buffum MINI-COUPEAirframe modelBuffum MINI-COUPEEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N75MB · 1
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