- Date
- August 10, 1973
- Place
- Pitts, GA · PITTS, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7746VAero Comdr A-9B
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730810027639A
- Case key
- 201635
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2517 73/8/10 PITTS,GA AERO COMDR A-9B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2400 TIME - 1300 N7746V PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTS,GA CORDELE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT BROKE,ENG TOPPED ABT 10 DAYS BFR ACDT.LNDD ON HIGHWAY L WING HIT SIGN POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7746V
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7746VRegistration cancelled May 25, 1994 · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9BAirframe modelAero Commander CALLAIR A-9B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7746V · 1
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