- Date
- June 6, 1975
- Place
- Merced, CA · MERCED, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N236HFleet 2
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750606013819A
- Case key
- 148910
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1275 75/6/6 MERCED,CA FLEET 2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 143 TIME - 1430 N236H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCED MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELANO,CA MERCED,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 5 CYL EXHAUST ROCKER BOX FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N236H
- Reported as
- Fleet 2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merced Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.