- Date
- May 28, 1971
- Place
- Thornton, CO · THORNTON, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2208XCessna 337
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1712 71/5/28 THORNTON,COLO CESSNA 337 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 3300 TIME - 1600 N2208X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PAUL,MINN BROOMFIELD,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BOTH ENGS QUIT APRX 7MI FRM DEST.FUEL GAGES INDC 5GALS EACH MAIN TANK WHEN EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2208X
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2208XRegistration cancelled May 15, 2015 · Cessna 337Airframe modelCessna 337Engine modelContinental IO-360 series
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Other investigations on N2208X · 1
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