- Date
- July 10, 1969
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N320LHoward Aero 500
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2452 69/7/10 CHARLESTON,W VA HOWARD AERO 500 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 7053 TIME - 1948 N320L PX- 0 0 5 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 289 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DULLES INTL,VA DALLAS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FEATH R PROP.T/D OBSERVED APRX 3000 FT DOWN 5600FT RWY.PX,PLTS SUPERIOR,INTERFERED VERBALLY W/APCH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N320L
- Reported as
- Howard Aero 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kanawha County
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