- Date
- April 11, 1969
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL · JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N344VAero Comdr 680-E
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1626 69/4/11 JACKSONVILLE,FLA AERO COMDR 680-E CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 4184 TIME - 2040 N344V PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NR 3 CON ROD CAP BOLTS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N344V
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N344V · 2
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