- Date
- July 11, 1967
- Place
- Le Center, MN · LE CENTER, MN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N861HGrumman G-159
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0160 67/7/11 NR.LE CENTER,MINN GRUMMAN G-159 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1104 N861H PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING 46, 9388 TOTAL HOURS, 639 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: ELECTRIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- OVR TEMP BOTH ENGS DUE FAILURE Z RLA IN PROP AUTO CRZ PITCH LOCK RETRACT SYS DURING TRNG MANEUVERS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N861H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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