- Date
- September 16, 1966
- Place
- Mcfadden, WY · MCFADDEN, WY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3938YCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121249
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2819 66/9/16 MCFADDEN WYO CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 350 TIME - 1800 N3938Y PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VANDALS PLACED GREASE IN RIGHT FUEL TANK CLOGGING FUEL LINE.PILOT LANDED ON NARROW DIRT ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3938Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3938YRegistration cancelled May 29, 2020 · Cessna 210DAirframe modelCessna 210DEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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