- Date
- July 10, 1973
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID · IDAHO FALLS, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5426EDouglas B-26B
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730710019239A
- Case key
- 189124
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2560 73/7/10 IDAHO FALLS,ID DOUGLAS B-26B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 6000 TIME - 1623 N5426E PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IDAHO FALLS,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: COWLING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RING COWLING SEPD FRM ENG PRIOR TO LFTOFF.ENG 1600RPM,PLT SHUT ENG DOWN.BOMB DOORS OPEN.DA 7920FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5426E
- Reported as
- Douglas B-26B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N5426E · 1
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