- Date
- September 19, 1973
- Place
- W Memphis, AR · W MEMPHIS, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66JLN.American SNJ-5
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730919030109A
- Case key
- 188698
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2482 73/9/19 W MEMPHIS,ARK N.AMERICAN SNJ-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 4000 TIME - 1110 N66JL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W MEMPHIS,ARK GREENVILLE,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- PROP BLADE TIP SEPD,VIB CAUSED ENG TO QUIT.LOWERED GR EARLY,FAILED TO RAISE GR,LNDD SHORT IN CROPS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66JL
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.