- Date
- October 20, 1967
- Place
- Goleta, CA · GOLETA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6728KRebublic RC-3
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3688 67/10/20 GOLETA,CALIF REBUBLIC RC-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4417 TIME - 1320 N6728K PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA BARBARA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE BRACKET FAILED PREVENTING CONTROL AT CARBURETOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6728K
- Reported as
- Rebublic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Barbara
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