- Date
- July 29, 1971
- Place
- Milford, NY · MILFORD, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N417RBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162662
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1935 71/7/29 MILFORD,NY BEECH E18S CR- 0 1 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2215 N417R PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 24, 3180 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 247 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYRACUSE,NY JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MAIL FLT.DAMAGE TO IMPELLER AND ASSOCIATED PARTS RESULTED FROM IMPELLER BEARING FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N417R
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westville
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