- Date
- October 7, 1968
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1638FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3847 68/10/7 GILLETTE,WYO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N1638F PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 27, 1108 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMPBELL COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: VALVES TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OIL DRAIN VALVE UNSEATED AFTER ENG START.RCMD AID INSP NCW. TYPE ACCIDENT ON LDG NOT REPORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1638F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Campbell County
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Other investigations on N1638F · 1
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