- Date
- April 17, 1969
- Place
- Port Hardy, Canada · PORT HARDY,BC, Canada
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3779GLockheed 18-56
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0073 69/4/17 PORT HARDY,BC,CAN LOCKHEED 18-56 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 19000 TIME - 1250 N3779G PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT HARDY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WASH ANNETTE IS.,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT AIRFRAME BUFFET SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- INVESTIGATED BY THE GOVT OF CANADA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3779G
- Reported as
- Lockheed 18-56
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Hardy
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