- Date
- July 4, 1972
- Place
- Oregon, MO · OREGON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4NWheat Repl CW-JR
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0990 72/7/4 NR.OREGON,MO WHEAT REPL CW-JR CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0715 N4N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 59, 29500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORTESCUE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NEBR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- OBS HEARD ENG CEASE.SAW ACFT PITCH DOWN TO L.PLT FELL FROM ACFT.SEAT BELT FOUND OPEN AND UNDMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4N
- Reported as
- Wheat Repl CW-JR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fortescue
N4NRegistered now · Wheat Replica CURTIS WRIGHT JRAirframe modelWheat Replica CURTIS WRIGHT JREngine modelContinental C85 series
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