- Date
- August 4, 1977
- Place
- Wausau, WI · WAUSAU, WI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N688RAero Comdr 720
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770804039289A
- Case key
- 145517
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4247 77/8/4 WAUSAU,WI AERO COMDR 720 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 197 TIME - 1157 N688R PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUKESHA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RHINELANDER,WI WAUSAU,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING STALL: SPIN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- IMPROPER SINGLE-ENGINE PROCEDURES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N688R
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waukesha Muni
N688RRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Aero Commander 720Airframe modelAero Commander 720Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N688R · 1
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