- Date
- July 25, 1966
- Place
- Potomac, MT · POTOMAC, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3969AGrumman TBM-3E
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3974 66/7/25 POTOMAC MONT GRUMMAN TBM-3E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 4700 TIME - 1700 N3969A PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 530 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.14 PISTON FAILED.PLT LANDED WHEELS UP INTENTIONALLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3969A
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM-3E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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