- Date
- February 13, 1966
- Place
- Bornite, AK · BORNITE, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9966XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0006 66/2/13 BORNITE ALAS CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 971 TIME - 1510 N9966X PX- 0 0 2 TOTAL HOURS, 717 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BORNITE OPERATOR - WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACK NEAR BARREL HEAD NO.3 CYLINDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9966X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bornite
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Other investigations on N9966X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.