- Date
- February 25, 1979
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62SCessna T337G
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790225003649A
- Case key
- 137841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0256 79/2/25 PALO ALTO,CA CESSNA T337G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0856 N62S PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 59, 1950 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 567 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA EUGENE,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT ELECTED CONTINUE TKOF AFT FRONT ENG FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62S
- Reported as
- Cessna T337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palo Alto
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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.