- Date
- October 12, 1968
- Place
- Tin City, AK · TIN CITY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N401MAero Comdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4735 68/10/12 TIN CITY,ALAS AERO COMDR 680 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 5219 TIME - 1110 N401M PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1897 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TIN CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- WITNESSES STATED RT ENG BACKFIRED.PLT CONT T/O,CLIMBED AT STEEP ATTITUDE.2 PREVIOUS T/O ABORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N401M
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tin City
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