- Date
- February 27, 1966
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N520WMonocoupe 90
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0700 66/2/27 LONG BEACH CALIF MONOCOUPE 90 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 1180 TIME - 1030 N520W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NO.2 AND 3 CYLINDER PISTON OIL CONTROL RINGS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N520W
- Reported as
- Monocoupe 90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
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