- Date
- September 8, 1979
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4537WAero Cmdr 112TC
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790908021449A
- Case key
- 133923
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2182 79/9/8 PITTSTOWN,NJ AERO CMDR 112TC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1100 TIME - 1630 N4537W PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDRIA FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSTOWN,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LEAD BUILD-UP ON NR 2 CYL INTAKE VALVE.LNDD IN OPEN AREA ON ARPT PROPERTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4537W
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 112TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexandria Field
N4537WRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 1982 · Rockwell International 112TCAirframe modelRockwell International 112TC
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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.