Grumman TBM-3E N4173A

25 August 1967 · Elk City, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 August 1967 at about 13:30 local time, a Grumman TBM-3E registered N4173A, operated by Hillcrest Airc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Elk City, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 August 1967 at 13:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Elk City, Idaho, United States
Nearest airport: Elk City
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman TBM-3E
Registration: N4173A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Hillcrest Airc
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Fire Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0729

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

COMPANY MECHANIC REPORTED ONE CYLINDER RECEIVED SEVERE INTERNAL DAMAGE. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-0729, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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