- Date
- June 6, 1970
- Place
- Greenfield, IN · GREENFIELD, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5546CCessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127282
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1220 70/6/6 GREENFIELD,IND CESSNA 170A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 327 TIME - 1725 N5546C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 278 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POPE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTON,OHIO GREENWOOD,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 4 CONNECTING ROD BKN APRX 1IN ABV CAP ROD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5546C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pope Field
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