- Date
- August 21, 1976
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1155JAero Comdr 112A
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760821034669A
- Case key
- 155665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3077 76/8/21 SANTA ANA,CA AERO COMDR 112A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 312 TIME - 2120 N1155J PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAN NUYS,CA SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE, STARTED TURN BACK TO RWY & CRASHED IN FUEL DUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1155J
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 112A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange County
N1155JRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 1976 · Rockwell International 112AAirframe modelRockwell International 112A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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