- Date
- September 24, 1968
- Place
- Lamoni, IA · LAMONI, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N311XCooney R1
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3233 68/9/24 LAMONI,IOWA COONEY R1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1630 N311X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 46, 20700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 197 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 41 HRS SINCE OVERHAUL.REGROUND CRANKSHAFT INSTALLED WHICH WAS NOT MAGNAFLUXED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N311X
- Reported as
- Cooney R1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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