- Date
- June 11, 1971
- Place
- Okla.City, OK · OKLA.CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N692ADouglas DC-3A
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0045 71/6/11 OKLA.CITY,OKLA DOUGLAS DC-3A CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1600 N692A PX- 0 0 1 FERRY 30, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, 100 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WILEY POST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLA.CITY,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LEASED ACFT STORED OUTSIDE FOR 3 MOS. IDLE VALVE MISRIGGED.BIRD NEST IN INDUCT SYS.STRAINERS RUSTY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N692A
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Wiley Post
N692ARegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Douglas DC3AAirframe modelDouglas DC3AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.