- Date
- December 1, 1970
- Place
- Katy, TX · KATY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N344AASnow 600S2D
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4251 70/12/1 KATY,TEX SNOW 600S2D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 11000 TIME - 1705 N344AA PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOLLINGER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KATY,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 175 REMARKS- BOLT THAT ATTACHES THROTTLE ROD END TO CARB THROTTLE ARM CAME LOOSE AT UNDETERMINED TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N344AA
- Reported as
- Snow 600S2D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bollinger
N344AARegistration cancelled Nov 7, 1974 · Aero Commander 600 S-2DAirframe modelAero Commander 600 S-2D
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Other investigations on N344AA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.