- Date
- October 9, 1974
- Place
- Caruthersville, MO · CARUTHERSVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7662VAero Comdr A9B
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741009035899A
- Case key
- 140983
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3445 74/10/9 CARUTHERSVILLE,MO AERO COMDR A9B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N7662V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 28, 1750 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 425 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARUTHERSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARUTHERSVILLE,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED 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 - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT REMARKS- CAMSHAFT FAILURE.LNDD IN SOYBEAN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7662V
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr A9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caruthersville
N7662VRegistration cancelled Jan 9, 2019 · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9Airframe modelAero Commander CALLAIR A-9Engine modelLycoming O-540-B2B5
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7662V · 1
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