- Date
- September 25, 1976
- Place
- Vandalia, MO · VANDALIA, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72343Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760925033679A
- Case key
- 155580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3372 76/9/25 VANDALIA,MO CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 354 TIME - 1400 N72343 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TULSA,OK BLOOMINGTON,IL SPRINGFIELD,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- LEFT MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK MALFUNCTION-84 HOURS SINCE FACTORY OVERHAUL ON FAILED PART.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72343
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N72343Registration cancelled Jan 8, 2018 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N72343 · 1
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