- Date
- February 21, 1967
- Place
- Tahoe Valley, CA · TAHOE VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N616RAero Comdr 560-E
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1083 67/2/21 TAHOE VALLEY,CAL AERO COMDR 560-E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N616R PX- 3 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 1035 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 124 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE TAHOE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- RT ENG FAILED.IMPULSE COUPLING CAM ASSY FAILURE DUE TO BROKEN PALLS.67 HRS ON MAG SINCE OVERHAUL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N616R
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Tahoe
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