- Date
- December 29, 1976
- Place
- Mccomb Twp, MI · MCCOMB TWP, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N411EFCessna 411
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761229040879A
- Case key
- 157074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4145 76/12/29 MCCOMB TWP,MI CESSNA 411 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 500 TIME - 1540 N411EF PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERZ-MACOMB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCCOMB TWP,MI UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- #6 EXH VALVE GUIDE.OVERFLEW ARPTS.FEATH ENG CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PWR.NOT MULTI-ENG RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N411EF
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Berz-Macomb
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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.