- Date
- July 29, 1969
- Place
- Lawrenceville, GA · LAWRENCEVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1609Beech D17S
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166963
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3278 69/7/29 LAWRENCEVILLE,GA BEECH D17S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 4000 TIME - 1750 N1609 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GWINNETT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG LINK ROD FAILED. ACFT WENT THRU FENCE PRIOR COMING TO REST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1609
- Reported as
- Beech D17S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gwinnett County
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