- Date
- August 7, 1974
- Place
- Longmont, CO · LONGMONT, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6888SAero Comdr 680E
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740807030119A
- Case key
- 138679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3534 74/8/7 LONGMONT,COLO AERO COMDR 680E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N6888S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 50, 17000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONGMONT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONGMONT,COLO RAWLINS,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LT ENG COUNTERWEIGHT LOBE AFT OF NR 3 CON ROD FAILED THRU MOUNTING BUSHING HOLES.RET & LNDD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6888S
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Longmont Muni
N6888SRegistration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Aero Commander 680-EAirframe modelAero Commander 680-EEngine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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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.