- Date
- August 22, 1976
- Place
- Hastings, MI · HASTINGS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8457CAero Comdr 500
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760822027989A
- Case key
- 155782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2996 76/8/22 HASTINGS,MI AERO COMDR 500 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 2210 TIME - 1420 N8457C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 320 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HASTINGS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,MI MARRIETTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- HOLE IN FRT OF PISTON NR 3 CYL.LT ENG WITH RELTD DMG TO RINGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8457C
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hastings Muni
N8457CRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Aero Commander 500Airframe modelAero Commander 500Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.