- Date
- August 13, 1970
- Place
- Chatham, MA · CHATHAM, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4869UCessna 205A
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1389 70/8/13 CHATHAM,MASS CESSNA 205A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 647 TIME - 1053 N4869U PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHATHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATHAM,MASS NANTUCKET,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP GOV CTL ARM AND CTL ARM EXTENSION MISALIGNED.ALLOWED MAX 2400 RPM.PLT CONT T/O.SANK IN POND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4869U
- Reported as
- Cessna 205A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chatham
N4869URegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · Cessna 210-5A(205A)Airframe modelCessna 210-5A(205A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N4869U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.