ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332286
Date: | Thursday 13 October 1966 |
Time: | 17:08 |
Type: | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
Owner/operator: | BBR Drilling |
Registration: | N131E |
MSN: | 18-2503 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Short Creek, WV -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Wheeling-Ohio County Airport, WV (HLG/KHLG) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The no. 2 propeller governor drive shaft failed after takeoff. The aircraft stalled, crashed and caught fire while the pilot tried to carry out a forced landing.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
powerplant - propeller and accessories: governors
miscellaneous acts,conditions - rpm-uncontrollable-overspeed
powerplant - engine structure: master and connecting rods
miscellaneous acts, conditions - material failure
pilot in command - failed to obtain/maintain flying speed
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC67A0060 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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