- Date
- July 7, 1968
- Place
- Frederick, MD · FREDERICK, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4140AN.American SNJ4
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1906 68/7/7 FREDERICK,MD N.AMERICAN SNJ4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1618 TIME - 1506 N4140A PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREDERICK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE CUT OUT AFTER EXECUTION OF HAMMER HEAD STALL.SPECTATORS ON ARPT.LANDED IN CORN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4140A
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Frederick
N4140ARegistered now · North American SNJ-4Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-4Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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