- Date
- October 25, 1964
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1078ZGrumman F6F5
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3317 64/10/25 MINNEAPOLIS MINN GRUMMAN F6F5 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 32, 1500 TIME - 1115 N1078Z PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF FUEL DISCHARGE NOZZLE DIAPHRAGM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1078Z
- Reported as
- Grumman F6F5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal
N1078ZRegistered now · S & S Special Grumman 5 F6F - 5Airframe modelS & S Special Grumman 5 F6F - 5Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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.