- Date
- August 26, 1971
- Place
- Rocky Mount, NC · ROCKY MOUNT, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7716VAero Comdr A9
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163133
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3188 71/8/26 ROCKY MOUNT,NC AERO COMDR A9 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 11150 TIME - 1841 N7716V PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKY MOUNT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKY MOUNT,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7716V
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr A9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rocky Mount
N7716VRegistration cancelled Jan 15, 2004 · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9Airframe modelAero Commander CALLAIR A-9Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.