- Date
- August 9, 1969
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID · TWIN FALLS, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N654UGrumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162162
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3468 69/8/9 TWIN FALLS,ID GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4000 TIME - 1330 N654U PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAUL,ID BUHL,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT BEING FERRIED TO CORRECT OIL LEAK IN ACCESSORY SECTION.LNDD ON A ROCKY FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N654U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N654URegistration cancelled May 1, 2013 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N654U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.