- Date
- August 27, 1976
- Place
- Fall City, WA · FALL CITY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N680FPAero Comdr 680FP
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760827038959A
- Case key
- 155331
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2559 76/8/27 FALL CITY,WA AERO COMDR 680FP CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 950 TIME - 1550 N680FP PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENATCHEE,WA BOEING FLD,SEATTLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CAUSE OF FEATHERED PROP COULD NOT BE FOUND. OBS SPINNING OUT OF CLOUDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N680FP
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680FP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.