- Date
- October 11, 1978
- Place
- Covington, KY · COVINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37144Cessna 404
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781011030069I
- Case key
- 138249
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0024 78/10/11 COVINGTON,KY CESSNA 404 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0935 N37144 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 26, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - GTR CINCINNATI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORONTO,CANADA COVINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FAILURE OF #5 PISTON PIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37144
- Reported as
- Cessna 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Gtr Cincinnati
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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.