- Date
- March 1, 1981
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1701GCessna 340
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810301013339A
- Case key
- 126869
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0387 81/3/1 SANTA ROSA,CA CESSNA 340 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3000 TIME - 1910 N1701G PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 106 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ROSA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED PRIOR KNOWLEDGE THAT R ENG DID NOT DEVELOP FULL PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1701G
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sonoma County
N1701GRegistration cancelled Oct 25, 2017 · Cessna 340Airframe modelCessna 340Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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Other investigations on N1701G · 1
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