- Date
- February 1, 1972
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6111KRepublic RC-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0483 72/2/1 DANBURY,CONN REPUBLIC RC-3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1857 TIME - 1340 N6111K PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANBURY,CONN NORWOOD,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 1 CYLINDER ZERO COMPRESSION,CAUSE NOT DETERMINED,ENG NOT TORN DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6111K
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Danbury
N6111KRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Republic RC-3Airframe modelRepublic RC-3Engine modelFranklin 6A8 series
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