- Date
- May 12, 1978
- Place
- Selma, CA · SELMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56792Ryan ST3KR
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780512009919A
- Case key
- 142307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0973 78/5/12 NR.SELMA,CA RYAN ST3KR CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 5309 TIME - 1300 N56792 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MADERA,CA PORTERVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.TWO EXHAUST ROCKER ARM SHAFT OUT,RETAINER SCREW AND JAM NUT BACKED OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56792
- Reported as
- Ryan ST3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.