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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna A188A · Butte City, CA · June 27, 1973

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 27, 1973
Place
Butte City, CA · BUTTE CITY, CA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N5672JCessna A188A
Status
Completed · report September 11, 1973
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19730627019679A
Case key
190125

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1814  73/6/27    BUTTE CITY,CALIF    CESSNA A188A        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 0930                    N5672J              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   59, 20000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PEREZ FLT STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BUTTE CITY,CALIF            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
         SPECIAL DATA
          KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
        REMARKS- CTL ROD BALL END P/N SPHERCO TR-3-33 BEARNG THREADS STRIPPED FM THROTTLE LINK ROD.UN TO REDUCE PWR

Aircraft

Registration
N5672J
Reported as
Cessna A188A
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Perez Flt Strip

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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Other investigations on N5672J · 1

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