- Date
- December 27, 1975
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97QAero Star 601
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0027 75/12/27 SAN DIEGO,CA AERO STAR 601 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N97Q PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 32, 6465 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 875 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALEXICO,CA SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97Q
- Reported as
- Aero Star 601
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Montgomery Field
N97QRegistration cancelled Aug 29, 2013 · Smith AEROSTAR 601Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 601Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.