- Date
- July 21, 1968
- Place
- Butte Meadows, CA · BUTTE MEADOWS, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2914TAero Comdr 200D
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2564 68/7/21 BUTTE MEADOWS,CAL AERO COMDR 200D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 5000 TIME - 1045 N2914T PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NUMBER 5 PISTON BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2914T
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 200D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2914TRegistered now · Aero Commander 200DAirframe modelAero Commander 200DEngine modelContinental IO-550-F
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