- Date
- May 3, 1970
- Place
- Angola, IN · ANGOLA, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4840UCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128102
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1969 70/5/3 ANGOLA,IND CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 551 TIME - 1530 N4840U PX- 0 1 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANGOLA,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: BAFFLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BAFFLE LODGED AGAINST EXHAUST OPENING OF R EXHAUST STACK.UN MAINTAIN ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4840U
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri-State
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.