- Date
- August 25, 1967
- Place
- Elk City, ID · ELK CITY, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4173AGrumman TBM-3E
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0729 67/8/25 ELK CITY,ID GRUMMAN TBM-3E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 14000 TIME - 1330 N4173A PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELK CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: DETONATION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- COMPANY MECHANIC REPORTED ONE CYLINDER RECEIVED SEVERE INTERNAL DAMAGE. CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4173A
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM-3E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elk City
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