- Date
- May 19, 1971
- Place
- Falls City, NE · FALLS CITY, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1692SSnow 600S2C
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161914
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2154 71/5/19 FALLS CITY,NEBR SNOW 600S2C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N1692S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 53, 8750 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 850 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALLS CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FALLS CITY,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- FRONT,REAR IMPELLER SHAFT BRGS FAILED.CRASH LNDD IN ADJACENT FLD.RINSING TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1692S
- Reported as
- Snow 600S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falls City
N1692SRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Snow 600-S2CAirframe modelSnow 600-S2CEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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.
Other investigations on N1692S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.