- Date
- December 18, 1968
- Place
- Imnaha, OR · IMNAHA, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5080Aero Comdr 500-B
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191986
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4755 68/12/18 NR.IMNAHA,OREG AERO COMDR 500-B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0254 N5080 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 43, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 120 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPENCER RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES WEATHER - LOW CEILING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- MAIL FLT. RECOVERY DATE 3/21/69. FUEL SIPHONED FROM LOOSE CAP. CRASHED ON 40 DEG MNTN SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5080
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spencer Ranch
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