- Date
- August 8, 1964
- Place
- Sierra Blanca, TX · SIERRA BLANCA, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7606EBellanca 14193
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2394 64/8/8 SIERRA BLANCA TEX BELLANCA 14193 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 2702 TIME - 1515 N7606E PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.4 CONNECTING ROD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7606E
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14193
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7606ERegistered now · Bellanca 14-19-3Airframe modelBellanca 14-19-3Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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