- Date
- April 12, 1964
- Place
- Gerlach, NV · GERLACH, NV
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3521CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0231 64/4/12 GERLACH NEV CESSNA 170B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 260 TIME - 0600 N3521C PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 144 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: CLAMPS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3521C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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