- Date
- May 13, 1979
- Place
- Antioch, CA · ANTIOCH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2857GN.American SNJ-6
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790513008509A
- Case key
- 136079
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0837 79/5/13 ANTIOCH,CA N.AMERICAN SNJ-6 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1750 TIME - 1930 N2857G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANTIOCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIVERMORE,CA ANTIOCH,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING 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 REMARKS- PLT ELECTED TO PARACHUTE OUT AFT ENG FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2857G
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Antioch
N2857GRegistration cancelled Aug 26, 2009 · North American SNJ-6Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-6Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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.