- Date
- April 28, 1973
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2631SCessna 337C
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730428010009A
- Case key
- 190764
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0872 73/4/28 AURORA,COLO CESSNA 337C CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N2631S PX- 0 0 3 DUAL AGE 43, 2948 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 75 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,COLO AURORA,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 65 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LOST PWR ON FRONT ENG WHEN BOOST PUMP MISUSED IN DENS ALT OF 7200 FT.UN MAINTAIN FLT,LND GR UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2631S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Ranch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.