- Date
- March 16, 1980
- Place
- Boise, ID · BOISE, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11XRCassutt 3M
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800316005919A
- Case key
- 132360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0201 80/3/16 NR.BOISE,ID CASSUTT 3M CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1450 N11XR PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 30, 3767 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 23 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAZY H RANCH,ID ORCHARD,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- ENG SPUTTERED. HIT PWR LINES 80-100FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11XR
- Reported as
- Cassutt 3M
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N11XRRegistration cancelled Mar 9, 2011 · Cassutt IIIMAirframe modelCassutt IIIMEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.
Other investigations on N11XR · 1
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