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Cremer VP-1 N70PJ

19 April 1987 · Tupelo, Mississippi, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 19 April 1987 at about 15:00 local time, a Cremer VP-1 registered N70PJ was involved in an accident near Tupelo, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
Nearest airport
Lamb
Coordinates
34.2608, -88.7299
Aircraft
Cremer VP-1
Registration
N70PJ
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA87LA138

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 1 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT LOST ENGINE POWER ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH. ACFT STALLED AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT THEN COLLIDED WITH THE RAISED EDGE OF THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE MAIN GEAR AND THEN NOSING OVER. THE PILOT ATTRIBUTED THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER TO A WEAK MAGNETO COIL WHICH HE HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR. THE WEAK COIL ALLOWED FOR A WEAK SPARK AT THE SPARK PLUGS WHICH ALLOWED THE PLUGS TO FOUL AND THE ENGINE NOT TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO POWER INCREASES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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