- Date
- December 12, 1968
- Place
- Willoughby, OH · WILLOUGHBY, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N212KAGrumman F8F-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4826 68/12/12 WILLOUGHBY,OHIO GRUMMAN F8F-2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1107 N212KA PX- 0 1 0 TEST AGE 46, 12250 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOST NATION TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COUNTER WEIGHT ROLLERS P/N91870 BACKED OUT OF COUNTER WEIGHT AND SHEARED ALL RODS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N212KA
- Reported as
- Grumman F8F-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lost Nation
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