- Date
- April 15, 1964
- Place
- Port Richey, FL · PORT RICHEY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65UMong Sport Exper
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185030
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0352 64/4/15 PORT RICHEY FLA MONG SPORT EXPER CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N65U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HODNETT AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65U
- Reported as
- Mong Sport Exper
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hodnett Airpark
N65URegistration cancelled Dec 24, 1981 · Mong Sport OUTLAW SPECIALAirframe modelMong Sport OUTLAW SPECIAL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N65U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.