- Date
- August 12, 1966
- Place
- Whiteland, IN · WHITELAND, IN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4198KNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122364
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0344 66/8/12 WHITELAND IND NAVION A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 978 TIME - 2010 N4198K PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.5 CONNECTING ROD BROKEN AT THE BEARING CAP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4198K
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4198KRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVIONEngine modelContinental E185 series
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