- Date
- August 25, 1979
- Place
- Martha Lake, WA · MARTHA LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8722Dehavilland Moth
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790825026539A
- Case key
- 135291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1992 79/8/25 MARTHA LAKE,WA DEHAVILLAND MOTH CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 216 TIME - 1155 N8722 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTHA LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARTHA LAKE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8722
- Reported as
- Dehavilland Moth
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Martha Lake
N8722Registered now · Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82AAirframe modelDehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82AEngine modelDehav ENG GIPSY MAJOR
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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.