- Date
- October 21, 1971
- Place
- Georgetown, TX · GEORGETOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N170PRyan ST-3KR
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4464 71/10/21 GEORGETOWN,TEX RYAN ST-3KR CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 390 TIME - 1715 N170P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEORGETOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BELL CRANK END AT FIREWALL DISINTEGRATED. HIT DITCH HIDDEN BY TALL GRASS. ANTIQUE ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N170P
- Reported as
- Ryan ST-3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Georgetown
N170PRegistered now · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KREngine modelKinner R5 series
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Other investigations on N170P · 1
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