- Date
- May 21, 1977
- Place
- Wilmington, NC · WILMINGTON, NC
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4561WRockwell 112TC
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770521012579A
- Case key
- 147083
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1748 77/5/21 NR.WILMINGTON,NC ROCKWELL 112TC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 16545 TIME - 1249 N4561W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 210 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ST SIMONS,GA KITTY HAWK,NC JEKYLL ISLAND,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- REASON FOR OIL LOSS NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4561W
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4561WRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2017 · Rockwell International 112TCAirframe modelRockwell International 112TCEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4561W · 1
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