- Date
- September 11, 1977
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5719XCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770911039399A
- Case key
- 201250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4249 77/9/11 MILWAUKEE,WI CESSNA 320 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N5719X PX- 0 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 27, 2875 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 107 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MITCHELL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WI UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRACK IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD ADJACENT TO ENG FIREWALL.SOURCE OF FUEL NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5719X
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mitchell Field
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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.
Other investigations on N5719X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.