- Date
- October 30, 1976
- Place
- Kendallville, IN · KENDALLVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3186SPitts Spcl S-2A
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761030034389A
- Case key
- 155899
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3338 76/10/30 KENDALLVILLE,IN PITTS SPCL S-2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 1220 TIME - 0930 N3186S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENDALLVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT WAYNE,IN KENDALLVILLE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FAULTY FUEL GAUGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3186S
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl S-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kendallville
N3186SRegistration cancelled May 7, 2022 · Aerotek PITTS S-2AAirframe modelAerotek PITTS S-2AEngine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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