- Date
- July 13, 1967
- Place
- Ponce, PR
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9978ZBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3032 67/7/13 PONCE,PR BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0755 N9978Z PX- 0 0 9 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 46, 14054 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 325 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCEDITA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9978Z
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mercedita
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