- Date
- August 15, 1980
- Place
- Steamboat Spgs, CO · STEAMBOAT SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N764RCessna 340
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800815036589A
- Case key
- 129311
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2703 80/8/15 STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO CESSNA 340 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1650 N764R PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 32, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, 180 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROUTT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO COLORADO SPRINGS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- CARBON FND ON MOST SPARK PLUGS,NO 2 BTM & NO 4 TOP CKD INTMT,NOS 4 & 6 BTM CKD INTMT TO DEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N764R
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Routt County
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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.