- Date
- September 17, 1968
- Place
- Kawkawlin, MI · KAWKAWLIN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N77353Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108233
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3093 68/9/17 KAWKAWLIN,MICH CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 17277 TIME - 1445 N77353 PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 15000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- POWDERY RESIDUE COVERED APPROX 1/4 OF MAIN VENTURI,ALSO BLOCKED AIR VENT SCREEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77353
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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