- Date
- October 3, 1970
- Place
- Pompano Beach, FL · POMPANO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N541WAero Comdr 680T
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4601 70/10/3 POMPANO BEACH,FLA AERO COMDR 680T CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 2200 TIME - 0705 N541W PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POMPANO BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POMPANO BEACH,FLA FT LAUDERDALE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N541W
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pompano Beach
N541WRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Aero Commander 680TAirframe modelAero Commander 680TEngine modelAiResearch 331 SER 605HP
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.