- Date
- December 18, 1968
- Place
- Glendive, MT · GLENDIVE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6281XAero Comdr 500
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191987
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4756 68/12/18 GLENDIVE,MONT AERO COMDR 500 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 3379 TIME - 0718 N6281X PX- 1 3 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 302 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILGER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: LEADS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES REMARKS- PLT KNEW L MAG L ENG INOP.NR 4 CYL EXHAUST VALVE R ENG FAILED.2 IN SNOW ON RWY.ACFT RAN DOWN BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6281X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hilger
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