- Date
- September 1, 1971
- Place
- Trinidad, CO · TRINIDAD, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N79STemco D-16
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164071
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4147 71/9/1 TRINIDAD,COLO TEMCO D-16 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 321 TIME - 1710 N79S PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYS,KANS LOS ALAMOS,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SPL A/W CERT,FUEL GAGES INOP.DID NOT KNOW LCTN OF FUEL SEL VALVE,AUX TANK FULL.NOT MULTI-ENG RATED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79S
- Reported as
- Temco D-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N79SRegistration cancelled Feb 2, 2010 · Temco D-16Airframe modelTemco D-16Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.