- Date
- September 27, 1970
- Place
- Rock Hill, SC · ROCK HILL, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N422WCurtiss-Wrt 16K
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3824 70/9/27 ROCK HILL,SC CURTISS-WRT 16K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 500 TIME - 1030 N422W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 185 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GASTONIA,NC SANTEE,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXH ROCKER BOX,NR5 CYL,SEPD FRM CYL HEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N422W
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt 16K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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