- Date
- September 21, 1979
- Place
- Spokane, WA · SPOKANE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5JUCessna P337
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790921031519A
- Case key
- 133438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2606 79/9/21 SPOKANE,WA CESSNA P337 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0755 N5JU PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 36, 4087 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 99 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FELTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOISE,ID SPOKANE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- BOOST PUMPS LEFT ON.UN RESTART ENGS.HIT 300FT SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5JU
- Reported as
- Cessna P337
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Felts
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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.