- Date
- October 4, 1965
- Place
- Klamathfalls, OR · KLAMATHFALLS, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6455CConvair PBY-6A
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175870
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0928 65/10/4 NR.KLAMATHFALLS OREG CONVAIR PBY-6A CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 6280 TIME - 1353 N6455C PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 14000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING DUST 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MASTER ROD BEARING P/N 198220 FAILED.WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6455C
- Reported as
- Convair PBY-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6455CRegistration cancelled Nov 27, 1965 · Consolidated Vultee PBY-6AAirframe modelConsolidated Vultee PBY-6A
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