- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Greenfield Pk, NY · GREENFIELD PK, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9961HFairchild M62A
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625034369A
- Case key
- 140280
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3337 78/6/25 GREENFIELD PK,NY FAIRCHILD M62A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1640 TIME - 1300 N9961H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLENVILLE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- PROP DESTROYED,PIECES MISSING IN SWAMP.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9961H
- Reported as
- Fairchild M62A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9961HRegistered now · Fairchild M-62A-3Airframe modelFairchild M-62A-3Engine modelFairchild 6-440 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.