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MKC68F0119

1967-06-25 · GRIMES, Iowa, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1966B has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (DEHAVILLAND DHC-2, built 1966), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LUSCOMBE 8A · N1966B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
DODGE FIELD
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Total time
1,507 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
267
Age
24

Investigator remarks

CRANKSHAFT BROKEN BETWEEN NO.1 AND 2 CRANKPIN.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AB C
    POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2765. Source file NTSB_1967_3_2765.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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