- Date
- October 28, 1968
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA · KENNESAW, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17PMooney M-18L
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107490
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3970 68/10/28 KENNESAW,GA MOONEY M-18L CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 161 TIME - 1645 N17P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCOLLUM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT SEIZED AT CENTER MAIN BEARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17P
- Reported as
- Mooney M-18L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mccollum
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