- Date
- January 30, 1972
- Place
- Durango, CO · DURANGO, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N58DAero Comdr 560-A
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165133
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0499 72/1/30 DURANGO,COLO AERO COMDR 560-A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2000 TIME - 1115 N58D PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 210 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LA PLATA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DURANGO,COLO FT. WORTH,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VMC WAS 80MPH.AT 100MPH PLT ELECTED TO CRASH LND THE ACFT. NR 2 CNCTNG ROD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58D
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- La Plata