- Date
- July 15, 1970
- Place
- Nenana, AK · NENANA, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6659NTaylorcraft 15A
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3007 70/7/15 NR.NENANA,ALAS TAYLORCRAFT 15A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2800 TIME - 2026 N6659N PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NENANA,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LANDED ON TUNDRA IN REMOTE AREA.ENG STOLEN FROM WRECKAGE PRIOR REMOVAL TO KENANA FOR TEARDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6659N
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft 15A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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