- Date
- April 29, 1965
- Place
- Hagerstown, MD · HAGERSTOWN, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5855VCuster CCW-5
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177870
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1267 65/4/29 HAGERSTOWN MD CUSTER CCW-5 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 5000 TIME - 1100 N5855V PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- EXHAUST STACK CAME LOOSE STRIKING LEFT PROPELLER SUCCESSFUL LANDING ON AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5855V
- Reported as
- Custer CCW-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5855VRegistered now · Custer Channel Wing CCW-5Airframe modelCuster Channel Wing CCW-5Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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