- Date
- July 12, 1971
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9324ZBoeing B-17G
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2811 71/7/12 TUCSON,ARIZ BOEING B-17G CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N9324Z PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL AGE 35, 3020 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 450 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO RELOADING AREA COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: OTHER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 4 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BAFFLE IN AIR INTAKE SCOOP SEPRTD FM NR 4 RESTRNG AIRFLOW TO CARB.1,2,3 PROPS MVD TO HI PTCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9324Z
- Reported as
- Boeing B-17G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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