- Date
- July 23, 1966
- Place
- Valparaiso, IN · VALPARAISO, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N53234Boeing IB75A
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0629 66/7/23 VALPARAISO IND BOEING IB75A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 6000 TIME - 1510 N53234 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTER COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: OTHER AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PROP SHAFT SEPARATED AT THRUST NUT THREADS.PROP. HIT L WG BRACE,L WGS FOLDED.AD57-5-4 NOT INCORP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53234
- Reported as
- Boeing IB75A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Porter County
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