- Date
- December 28, 1978
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6818SAero Comdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781228045289A
- Case key
- 138116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4415 78/12/28 NR.OKLAHOMA CITY,OK AERO COMDR 680 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 2155 TIME - 1745 N6818S PX- 1 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARENCE E PAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK EL RENO,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CONROD FAILED L ENG.PLT AWARE OF 800-1000RPM MAG DROP R ENG.FLAPS,GR DOWN.ACFT UNAIRWORTHY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6818S
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Clarence E Page
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.