ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ENGINE FAILURE/MALFUNCTION, U.S. GENERAL AVIATION, 1965-1969

The report presents the record of engine failure/malfunction accidents for fixed-wing aircraft which occurred in all operations of U.S. General Aviation during the period 1965-1969. It includes a comparison of the engine-failure accident rates for single-engine and multiengine aircraft. Analyses are included concerning causes and related factors of engine-failure accidents by selected makes and models of aircraft and engines. Injury tables, analytic tables, and cause/factor tables are presented for all fixed-wing aircraft along with single-engine and multiengine fixed-wing aircraft. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1972-11-29

Media Info

• Pagination: 209 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Air transportation crashes; Aircraft; Civil aviation; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Engines; Failure; Fuel consumption; Inspection; Maintenance; Performance evaluations; Research; Statistical analysis
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft engines; Depletion
• Old TRIS Terms: Ntsb
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Energy; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046205
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-AAS-7210 Special St
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1973 12:00AM