- Date
- July 7, 1981
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42JMN American AT-6G
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810707038749A
- Case key
- 125097
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1661 81/7/7 INDIANAPOLIS,IN N AMERICAN AT-6G CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 818 TIME - 0917 N42JM PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN COLUMBUS,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL VLV PARTIALLY CLOSED W FWD COCKPIT SEL HANDLE IN L TNK PSN.TURNED BACK TO AVOID TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42JM
- Reported as
- N American AT-6G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eagle Creek
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N42JM · 1
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