- Date
- October 24, 1968
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA · CHESAPEAKE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17211Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3763 68/10/24 CHESAPEAKE,VA BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 570 TIME - 1311 N17211 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTSMOUTH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UNIDENTIFIED BEARING IN ENG FAILED,OIL COVERED ACFT,LANDED ON HIWAY,HIT SIGN. NO ENG TEARDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17211
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Portsmouth
N17211Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelContinental R670-SERIES series
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