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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Frchld C119 · Casa Grande, AZ · July 8, 1979

Date
July 8, 1979 · 20:00 local
Place
Casa Grande, AZ
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1040E
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FA059
Reported as
Frchld C119
Reported engine
WRIGHT R3350*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witness observed acft flying low with left eng feathered. Acft crashed & burned. Acft had aux 55 gal drum tanks..

As the FAA filed it

WITNESS OBSERVED ACFT FLYING LOW WITH LEFT ENG FEATHERED. ACFT CRASHED & BURNED.ACFT HAD AUX 55 GAL DRUM TANKS..

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.