ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381834
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Date: | Wednesday 1 June 1983 |
Time: | 18:20 LT |
Type: | Rand KR-2 |
Owner/operator: | University Of Tennessee |
Registration: | N83UT |
MSN: | 01 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4 hours |
Engine model: | VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Dayton, TN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT HAD BEEN AIRBORNE FOR OVER 1 HR & WAS DESCENDING ONTO BASE LEG WHEN THE ENG QUIT RUNNING AS THE PLT WENT TO ADD POWER. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A GRASSY AREA NEAR THE RWY. AFTER THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT HIT A DITCH DURING THE ROLL-OUT, THEN NOSED OVER. AN EXAM OF THE MAGNETO REVEALED THAT THE POINTS WERE PITTED, CORRODED & WORN & THE MAGNETO WAS INOPERATIVE. IT WAS PURCHASED 2ND HAND & HAD AN ESTIMATED 400 HRS OF OPERATION. THE ENG WAS EQUIPPED WITH ONLY 1 MAGNETO.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL83LA207 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ATL83LA207
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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