- Date
- March 19, 1970
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2459TNavion G
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1395 70/3/19 LONE PINE,CALIF NAVION G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 565 TIME - 0955 N2459T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONE PINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAN NUYS,CALIF MAMMOTH LAKES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- INFLT LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2459T
- Reported as
- Navion G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lone Pine
N2459TRegistered now · Navion NAVION GAirframe modelNavion NAVION GEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N2459T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC84LA063Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSpring Valley, NYThe eng lost power during takeoff & the acft crashed beyond the perimeter of the arpt. During an exam of the acft, only a few drops of water & a slight amount of sediment were found in the fuel. No preimpact/mechanical problem was found.NTSB UNK64X2443Accident · No injuriesClosedNeedles, CA