- Date
- August 5, 1970
- Place
- Port Orchard, WA · PORT ORCHARD, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CF-ELHCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0009 70/8/5 PORT ORCHARD,WASH CESSNA 120 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1810 CF-ELH PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS 32, 1955 TOTAL HOURS, 150 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT ORCHARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VICTORIA,CAN BREMERTON,WASH PORT ORCHARD,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LOST OIL PRESS,UNDET REASON.RET TO FLD. OVERSHOT RWY,HIT TREE IN STEEP BANK TO RET TO RWY HEADING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-ELH
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Orchard