- Date
- March 30, 1974
- Place
- Mendon, OH · MENDON, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6877SAero Comdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740330009059A
- Case key
- 124803
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1528 74/3/30 MENDON,OHIO AERO COMDR 680 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1397 TIME - 1035 N6877S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC ST LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SWITCHED FM AUX TO MN TANKS BFR ENG SURGE.CARB HEAT,FUEL BOOST NOT USED.LNDD IN PLOWED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6877S
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6877SRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2014 · Aero Commander 680Airframe modelAero Commander 680Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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Other investigations on N6877S · 1
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