- Date
- May 27, 1970
- Place
- Spruce Pine, NC · SPRUCE PINE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4077QCessna 401
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1082 70/5/27 SPRUCE PINE,NC CESSNA 401 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N4077Q PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 38, 7686 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHEVILLE,NC UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CAUSE OF L ENG MALFUNCTION NOT DETERMINED DUE GRND FIRE.HIT TOP 25FT TREE IMPACTED ROAD.EMBANKMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4077Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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