- Date
- December 13, 1969
- Place
- Carleton, MI · CARLETON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3530CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4610 69/12/13 CARLETON,MICH CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 743 TIME - 1500 N3530C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELSER STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PLYMOUTH,MICH LOCAL CARLETON,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FARM STRIP 1300FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3530C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elser Strip
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Other investigations on N3530C · 1
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