- Date
- August 28, 1969
- Place
- Mccordsville, IN · MCCORDSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3431Barrett Cassut
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155118
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3801 69/8/28 MCCORDSVILLE,IND BARRETT CASSUT CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 41, 665 TIME - 1440 N3431 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOKSIDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EFFINGHAM,ILL CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ENGINE TEARAWAY IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- OBSERVER SAW PROP BLADE AND ENG SEPARATE. ACFT CRASHED NOSE DOWN. PARACHUTE ABD,WAS NOT USED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3431
- Reported as
- Barrett Cassut
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brookside
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