- Date
- August 26, 1978
- Place
- Calusa, CA · CALUSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58978Boeing A75
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780826024349A
- Case key
- 139957
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2074 78/8/26 CALUSA,CA BOEING A75 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 193 TIME - 1410 N58978 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALUSA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALUSA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58978
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Calusa
N58978Registration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Boeing E75N1Airframe modelBoeing E75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N58978 · 1
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