- Date
- February 24, 1968
- Place
- Oceano, CA · OCEANO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N76139Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0431 68/2/24 OCEANO,CALIF CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1088 TIME - 1150 N76139 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1050 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- RUT AND ROCKS OFF END OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76139
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oceano
N76139Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C90 series
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