- Date
- September 16, 1964
- Place
- Huron, CA · HURON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1656SSnow S2C
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2923 64/9/16 HURON CALIF SNOW S2C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0700 N1656S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 45, 15000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - Z TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1000 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 300 REMARKS- #2 CYLINDER FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1656S
- Reported as
- Snow S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Z
N1656SRegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2018 · Snow S2CAirframe modelSnow S2CEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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