- Date
- September 15, 1967
- Place
- Middletown, DE · MIDDLETOWN, DE
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29288Culver LFA
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0736 67/9/15 MIDDLETOWN,DEL CULVER LFA CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 99 TOTAL TIME - 0910 N29288 PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INTENTIONAL GEAR UP LNDG IN CORN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29288
- Reported as
- Culver LFA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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