- Date
- November 3, 1977
- Place
- Spanaway, WA · SPANAWAY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9229ZAerosport Quail
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771103037419A
- Case key
- 144188
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3886 77/11/3 SPANAWAY,WA AEROSPORT QUAIL CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 303 TIME - 1630 N9229Z PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPANAWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPANAWAY,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MAGNETO LOOSE ON DRIVE PAD,ROTATED.VW-REVEMASTER ENGINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9229Z
- Reported as
- Aerosport Quail
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spanaway
N9229ZRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 1981 · Adams AEROSPORT QUAILAirframe modelAdams AEROSPORT QUAIL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.