- Date
- September 11, 1965
- Place
- Jonesboro, GA · JONESBORO, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60966Commonwelth 185
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175538
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2675 65/9/11 JONESBORO GA COMMONWELTH 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 101 TIME - 1500 N60966 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60966
- Reported as
- Commonwelth 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N60966Registration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Commonwealth 185Airframe modelCommonwealth 185Engine modelContinental C85 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.