- Date
- August 3, 1973
- Place
- Port Moller, AK · PORT MOLLER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N317BAGrumman G-44
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189664
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1850 73/8/3 NR.PORT MOLLER,ALAS GRUMMAN G-44 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 10957 TIME - 0910 N317BA PX- 0 1 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 828 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAND POINT,ALAS KING SALMON,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INADVERTENTLY MISUSED FUEL SELECTOR AT TOO LOW ALT FOR SUCCESSFUL ENG RESTART. LND IN TUNDRA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N317BA
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage