- Date
- May 30, 1969
- Place
- Nimpo Lake, Canada · NIMPO LAKE,BC, Canada
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2760JCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0076 69/5/30 NIMPO LAKE,BC,CAN CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1600 TIME - 1545 N2760J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 620 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NIMPO LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENMORE,WASH NIMPO LAKE,BC,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: INCORRECT FACTORY INSTALLATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INVESTIGATED BY GOVT OF CANADA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2760J
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nimpo Lake
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