- Date
- March 12, 1977
- Place
- Vernal, UT · VERNAL, UT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4735WNa Rockwell 114
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770312005179A
- Case key
- 157504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0721 77/3/12 VERNAL,UT NA ROCKWELL 114 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 17519 TIME - 0725 N4735W PX- 0 2 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 406 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERNAL MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERNAL,UT SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG BACKFIRE AND MISSING.FUEL CONTROL UNIT DAMAGED BEYOND TEST CONDITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4735W
- Reported as
- Na Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Vernal Municipal
N4735WRegistration cancelled May 25, 1977 · Rockwell International 114Airframe modelRockwell International 114
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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.