DEN78IA037

NTSB incident investigation · Dehavilland DHC-6 · Albuquerque, NM · April 19, 1978

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
April 19, 1978
Place
Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Injuries
21 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N72348Dehavilland DHC-6
Status
Completed · report August 8, 1978
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19780419012919I
Case key
141609

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NTSB brief

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0009  78/4/19  NR.ALBUQUERQUE,NM     DEHAVILLAND DHC-6   CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2030                    N72348              PX-  0  0 19  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      31, 4695 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        1098 IN TYPE, UNK/NR
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ALBUQUERQUE,NM              LOS ALAMOS,NM
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE

Aircraft

Registration
N72348
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC-6
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
No damage

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