- Date
- August 2, 1965
- Place
- Scottsbluff, NE · SCOTTSBLUFF, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7629ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176541
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2254 65/8/2 NR.SCOTTSBLUFF NEBR CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0945 N7629A PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 44, 9900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. 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: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- # 1 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7629A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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