- Date
- December 2, 1977
- Place
- Georgetown, TX · GEORGETOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3860GCessna U206B
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771202039089A
- Case key
- 144306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3686 77/12/2 GEORGETOWN,TX CESSNA U206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 4333 TIME - 1819 N3860G PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1201 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEORGETOWN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,TX ABILENE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: SEALS AND GASKETS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG OIL FILTER BOWL NOT PROPERLY SEATED ON GASKET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3860G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Georgetown Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3860G · 1
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