ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327873
Date: | Saturday 15 May 1982 |
Time: | 13:20 |
Type: | Martin 4-0-4 |
Owner/operator: | Clayton V. Curtis |
Registration: | N40445 |
MSN: | 14230 |
Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
Total airframe hrs: | 43000 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB3 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Madera, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Madera Municipal Airport, CA (MAE/KMAE) |
Destination airport: | Casper Airport, WY (CPR/KCPR) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft landed in a wheat field while returning to the airport, after the no. 2 engine failed at 300 feet. on climbout.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
lubricating system,oil line .. cracked
maintenance .. improper .. other person
fluid,oil .. starvation
engine assembly,master rod .. failure,total
emergency procedure .. not followed .. pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
lack of familiarity with aircraft .. pilot in command
terrain condition .. crop
object .. Fence
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX82FA174 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Madera, CA (MAE); March 1978
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