- Date
- April 7, 1966
- Place
- Albany, KY · ALBANY, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5737TCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0933 66/4/7 ALBANY KY CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 200 TIME - 1100 N5737T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO PLACE FUEL TANK SELECTOR TO BOTH TANKS POSITION FOR LANDING AND TAKEOFF OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5737T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Albany
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