- Date
- July 23, 1965
- Place
- Montorsville, PA · MONTORSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 23 serious, 17 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N815HOnvair C V-440
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177129
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0022 65/7/23 MONTORSVILLE PA C ONVAIR C V-440 CR- 0 4 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1406 N815H PX- 0 19 17 36, 10071 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1296 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAMSPORT-LYCO OPERATOR - U.S. AIR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N815H
- Reported as
- Onvair C V-440
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Williamsport-Lyco