- Date
- April 12, 1970
- Place
- Dothan, AL · DOTHAN, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6411DN American SNJ-4
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135019
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0645 70/4/12 DOTHAN,ALA N AMERICAN SNJ-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 3852 TIME - 1652 N6411D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 704 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAPIER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOTHAN,ALA DOTHAN,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CONNECTING ROD NR 9 CYL FAILED. OIL COVERED WINDSHIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6411D
- Reported as
- N American SNJ-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Napier Field
N6411DRegistered now · North American SNJ-4Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-4Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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.