- Date
- November 16, 1971
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO · CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1395NN.American SNJ-4
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3519 71/11/16 CHESTERFIELD,MO N.AMERICAN SNJ-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 2078 TIME - 1615 N1395N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 315 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARROWHEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTERFIELD,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CONT T/O WITH CARB HEAT ON AND PRIMER UNLOCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1395N
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arrowhead
N1395NRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · North American SNJ-4Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-4Engine 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.