- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Place
- Granger, UT · GRANGER, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2947TAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2737 71/6/17 GRANGER,UT AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1845 N2947T PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - 21ST SOUTH ARPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- FORCED LDG INTO PASTURE,ENG FAILURE.DRAINED TANKS FOR WATER.TKOF AREA ABT 1500FT.ADDL WATER FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2947T
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 21st South Arpt
N2947TRegistration cancelled Dec 20, 2019 · Aero Commander 100Airframe modelAero Commander 100Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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