- Date
- November 15, 1974
- Place
- Mansfield, OH · MANSFIELD, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1734Bede BD-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741115039119A
- Case key
- 143108
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3643 74/11/15 MANSFIELD,OHIO BEDE BD-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 645 TIME - 1715 N1734 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 215 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANSFIELD LAHM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,NY MANSFIELD,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SAID HE RAN OUT OF FUEL,NO FUEL WAS VIS IN CARB.L WING STRUCK TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1734
- Reported as
- Bede BD-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mansfield Lahm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.