- Date
- September 27, 1979
- Place
- Battle Ground, WA · BATTLE GROUND, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17127Moots BD-4
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790927033269A
- Case key
- 133169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3263 79/9/27 BATTLE GROUND,WA MOOTS BD-4 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 379 TIME - 1606 N17127 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 264 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOHEEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURLINGTON,WA KELSO,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - FOG COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 65 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FOG AT DEST,DIVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17127
- Reported as
- Moots BD-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goheen
N17127Registration cancelled Feb 13, 2018 · Moots-Elmer BD-4Airframe modelMoots-Elmer BD-4Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N17127 · 1
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