- Date
- August 5, 1974
- Place
- Soledad, CA · SOLEDAD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1717SAero Comdr 600S2D
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740805027879A
- Case key
- 134346
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2560 74/8/5 SOLEDAD,CALIF AERO COMDR 600S2D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 6740 TIME - 0945 N1717S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOLEDAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOLEDAD,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - POTATOES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 250 REMARKS- BLOWER BEARINGS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1717S
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 600S2D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Soledad
N1717SRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2009 · Aero Commander 600 S-2DAirframe modelAero Commander 600 S-2DEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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Other investigations on N1717S · 1
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