- Date
- October 4, 1978
- Place
- Oakley, KS · OAKLEY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69221Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781004033949A
- Case key
- 139092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3130 78/10/4 NR.OAKLEY,KS CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1250 N69221 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 20, 610 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 235 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ARKANSAS CITY,KS KLAMATH,OR OAKLEY,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXH VALVE STEM HAD VISIBLE TOOL MARKS,EXHIBITED SPHERICAL/TENSILE BREAK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69221
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.