- Date
- July 24, 1979
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1109JAero Comdr 112A
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790724019499A
- Case key
- 135066
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1302 79/7/24 LONG BEACH,CA AERO COMDR 112A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N1109J PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 3756 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 202 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TEFLON-LIKE SHAVINGS FOUND IN THE AREA OF THE IDLE VALVE STEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1109J
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 112A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1109J · 1
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