- Date
- November 26, 1966
- Place
- Dorchester, GA · DORCHESTER, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3157GDouglas A-26B
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1018 66/11/26 DORCHESTER GA DOUGLAS A-26B CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 4500 TIME - 1310 N3157G PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT TRIED INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP LANDING ON BEACH ACFT STOPPED IN OCEAN.ACFT NOT SALVAGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3157G
- Reported as
- Douglas A-26B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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