- Date
- January 16, 1962
- Place
- Limestone, ME · LIMESTONE, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9903FCurtiss-Wrt C-46F
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0019 62/1/16 LIMESTONE,ME CURTISS-WRT C-46F CR- 0 0 2 TEST AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1551 N9903F PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, 10400 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 4800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LORING AFBASE OPERATOR - RIDDLE AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIMESTONE,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FEATHERED WRONG ENGINE SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- CO-PLT INADVERTENTLY FEATH WRONG PROP. BATTERY DEPLETED,COULDNT RESTART ENG.GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9903F
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Loring Afbase
N9903FRegistration cancelled May 21, 2018 · Curtiss Wright C-46FAirframe modelCurtiss Wright C-46FEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 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.