- Date
- October 3, 1978
- Place
- Mt Vernon, OH · MT VERNON, OH
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5965MCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0022 78/10/3 NR.MT VERNON,OH CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 439 TIME - 1815 N5965M PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT COLUMBUS,OH NEW PHILADELPHIA,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: CONVERTER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- ELECTRO MECH INC AC DC QUAD INVERTER INSTALLED TWO HOURS PRIOR TO FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5965M
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Port Columbus
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