- Date
- August 6, 1966
- Place
- Pocahontas, AR · POCAHONTAS, AR
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5584NCessna T50
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0467 66/8/6 POCAHONTAS ARK CESSNA T50 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 133 TIME - 1400 N5584N PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POCAHONTAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT TOOKOFF WITH FUEL SYSTEM CROSSFEED VALVE ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5584N
- Reported as
- Cessna T50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pocahontas
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