- Date
- August 25, 1966
- Place
- Sikes, LA · SIKES, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5330CCessna 140A
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122231
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2286 66/8/25 SIKES LA CESSNA 140A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 232 TIME - 0735 N5330C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 162 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NUMBER 3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5330C
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5330CRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Cessna 140AAirframe modelCessna 140AEngine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N5330C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN86LA058Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportColumbus, NMAccording to the plt, after performing the preflight engine runup, he leaned the mixture control and switched the fuel selector to both tanks. Shortly after takeoff at approximately 50 ft AGL, the eng lost partial pwr. The plt made a forced landing following…NTSB LAX76FUJ43Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGoodyear, AZ