- Date
- August 7, 1971
- Place
- Hobbs, NM · HOBBS, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N999AJAero Comdr 500
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3116 71/8/7 NR.HOBBS,N MEX AERO COMDR 500 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0815 N999AJ PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS AGE 30, 4400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 730 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBBS,N MEX CARLSBAD,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L ENG PISTON PIN PLUG NR 4 CYL DISINTEGRATED.UN MAINTAIN ALT DUE GR EXTN AFTER L ENG HYD SYS LOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N999AJ
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage