- Date
- August 9, 1977
- Place
- Morgan Hill, CA · MORGAN HILL, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55520Boeing PT-13D
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770809024649A
- Case key
- 146246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2173 77/8/9 MORGAN HILL,CA BOEING PT-13D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1000 N55520 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 43, 10275 TOTAL HOURS, 75 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORGAN HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN HILL,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARB AIR RESTRICTION DUE INJESTION OF ASBESTOS SEALING MATERIAL BROKEN FROM ALTERNATE AIR DUCTING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55520
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-13D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morgan Hill
N55520Registered now · Boeing PT-13DAirframe modelBoeing PT-13DEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.