- Date
- May 14, 1972
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY · ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52221Fairchild M-62C
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2397 72/5/14 ROCK SPRINGS,WYO FAIRCHILD M-62C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0915 N52221 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 33, 1476 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK SPRNGS,MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAWLINS,WYO ROCK SPRINGS,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG RUN 30-45MIN PRIOR TO FLT W/O PLTS KNOWLEDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52221
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock Sprngs,Muni
N52221Registration cancelled Apr 23, 1974 · Fairchild Funk M-62CF-23BAirframe modelFairchild Funk M-62CF-23B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.