- Date
- November 17, 1979
- Place
- Fort Collins, CO · FORT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24GNSkybolt Newlnd
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791117032029A
- Case key
- 132926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3985 79/11/17 FORT COLLINS,CO SKYBOLT NEWLND CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 507 TIME - 1130 N24GN PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DWNTWN FT COLLINS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO FORT COLLINS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN 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 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 3/4 GAL/HR FUEL LEAK IN LN TO SIGHT GAUGE.GAUGE NOT VISIBLE TO PLT,REAR SEAT.FLT TIME APRX 45MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24GN
- Reported as
- Skybolt Newlnd
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dwntwn Ft Collins
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.