- Date
- February 19, 1978
- Place
- Grand Junction, CO · GRAND JUNCTION, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6840ECessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780219004839A
- Case key
- 143275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0602 78/2/19 NR.GRAND JUNCTION,CO CESSNA 175 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 588 TIME - 1230 N6840E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 284 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND JUNCTION,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT BAILED OUT AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. PROPELLER DMG INDICATED POWER AT IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6840E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.
Other investigations on N6840E · 1
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