- Date
- April 30, 1969
- Place
- Mattituck, NY · MATTITUCK, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2294TCessna 185E
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172867
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4711 69/4/30 MATTITUCK,NY CESSNA 185E CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 58, 2340 TIME - 1359 N2294T PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATTITUCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MATTITUCK,NY LEROY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS COPILOT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE FRICTION LOCK NOT SET.DRG ENG RUN-UP AFTER ACDNT,THROTTLE OBSVD TO CREEP WITH LOCK OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2294T
- Reported as
- Cessna 185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mattituck
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