- Date
- June 28, 1978
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N688YPietenpol Bowers
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780628014989A
- Case key
- 141737
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1249 78/6/28 NR.TACOMA,WA PIETENPOL BOWERS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 686 TIME - 1510 N688Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVER PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TACOMA,WA PUYALLUP,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FORD MODEL B ENG,SINGLE MAG. HIT LARGE POST.PREVIOUS MAG PROBLEMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N688Y
- Reported as
- Pietenpol Bowers
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clover Park
N688YRegistered now · Pietenpol AIR CAMPERAirframe modelPietenpol AIR CAMPEREngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.