- Date
- April 29, 1965
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78333Aero Comm 500B
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178173
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0422 65/4/29 ROCKFORD ILL AERO COMM 500B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 2424 TIME - 1337 N78333 PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 367 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER ROCKFORD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- FUEL-FLOW DISTRIBUTOR DIAPHRAGM P/N 383237 FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78333
- Reported as
- Aero Comm 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greater Rockford
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