- Date
- July 4, 1965
- Place
- Fajardo, PR · FAJARDO, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8131ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3272 65/7/4 FAJARDO PR CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 800 TIME - 0630 N8131Z PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAJARDO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH SURGAR CANE DURING LANDING ON ABANDONED AIRSTRIP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8131Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fajardo
N8131ZRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Cessna 210-5(205)Airframe modelCessna 210-5(205)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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