- Date
- February 8, 1968
- Place
- E Prairie, MS · E PRAIRIE, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5106UCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111571
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4758 68/2/8 E PRAIRIE,MISS CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 800 TIME - 1645 N5106U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PWR PLT-IMPROPERLY INSTALLED COUNTERWEIGHT PINS. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT IMBALANCE CAUSED PROP FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5106U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5106URegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2009 · Cessna 206Airframe modelCessna 206Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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