- Date
- December 16, 1976
- Place
- Keaau, HI · KEAAU, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N306MAMurrayair MA-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761216042409A
- Case key
- 156555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3941 76/12/16 KEAAU,HI MURRAYAIR MA-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, TIME - 1437 N306MA PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 19000 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KURTISTOWN,HI. LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- IMPELLER SHAFT BALL BEARING ASSEMBLIES DISINTEGRATED CAUSING EXCESSIVE PLAY OF IMPELLER SHAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N306MA
- Reported as
- Murrayair MA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N306MARegistration cancelled Apr 15, 2013 · Murrayair MA-1Airframe modelMurrayair MA-1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N306MA · 3
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NTSB LAX87DJA01Accident · No injuriesFinal reportHilo, HIAfter returning from a spraying flt, the acft was refueled. After refueling, the plt used fuel to wash oil from the side of the acft & the wing step. When the eng was restarted about 2 min later, fuel fumes ignited & fire spread to the fuel truck. Both the…NTSB OAK79DJA06Accident · No injuriesClosedKeaau, HINTSB OAK76DJA07Accident · No injuriesClosedHilo, HI