- Date
- May 1, 1977
- Place
- Kennewick, WA · KENNEWICK, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N168KEaa Biplane P
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770501018079A
- Case key
- 147144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1683 77/5/1 KENNEWICK,WA EAA BIPLANE P CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 4200 TIME - 1500 N168K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VISTA FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENNEWICK,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PWR LOSS AFTR SLO-ROLL,ENG QUIT AT 900FT.FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK.OTR ACFT ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N168K
- Reported as
- Eaa Biplane P
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vista Field
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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.