- Date
- August 18, 1978
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6186LGreat Lakes 2T-1A
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780818025729A
- Case key
- 140064
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2383 78/8/18 NR.SANTA CRUZ,CA GREAT LAKES 2T-1A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1700 N6186L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 39, 13000 TOTAL HOURS, 80 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA CRUZ,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE FOR UNKNOWN REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6186L
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.