- Date
- August 27, 1968
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7610UAero Comdr 680T
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4918 68/8/27 MINNEAPOLIS,MINN AERO COMDR 680T CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1519 N7610U PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 64, 23823 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 558 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MINN MADELINE ISLE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - PROPELLER SYSTEM: GOVERNOR POWERPLANT - CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE: GOVERNOR VALVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- FUEL CTL UNDERSPEED GOV AND L PROP GOV HAD A 1PCT SEPARATION INSTEAD OF 3.GOV ADJ AUZD BY MFG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7610U
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wold-Chamberlain
N7610URegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Aero Commander 680VAirframe modelAero Commander 680VEngine modelAiResearch TPE331 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.