- Date
- August 19, 1966
- Place
- Allentown, NJ · ALLENTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N213NYNavion L-17B
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121656
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2429 66/8/19 ALLENTOWN NJ NAVION L-17B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 10000 TIME - 1005 N213NY PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PROPELLER PITCH CHANGE ACTUATING DIAPHRAM RUPTURED CAUSING EXHAUSTION OF ENGINE OIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N213NY
- Reported as
- Navion L-17B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage