- Date
- July 12, 1965
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2654BAero Cmdr 560
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0406 65/7/12 DANBURY,CONN AERO CMDR 560 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 4000 TIME - 0830 N2654B PX- 0 1 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 470 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF THE ENGINE REDUCTION GEAR PLATE,STATIONARY GEAR DRIVE RETAINING BOLTS P/N68083
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2654B
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 560
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Danbury Mun
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