- Date
- June 5, 1977
- Place
- Albany, OR · ALBANY, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9EGTailwind W8
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770605015589A
- Case key
- 147142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1682 77/6/5 ALBANY,OR TAILWIND W8 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1046 TIME - 1515 N9EG PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 138 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBANY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,OR YELM,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG QUIT AT 500FT AGL,LNDD HARD IN SMALL CLEARING.WATER IN CARB BOWL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9EG
- Reported as
- Tailwind W8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Albany
N9EGRegistration cancelled Jan 27, 2017 · Graham TAILWINDAirframe modelGraham TAILWINDEngine modelLycoming 0-290 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.