- Date
- May 13, 1969
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4836EChampion 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1248 69/5/13 SAN ANTONIO,TEX CHAMPION 7EC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 375 TIME - 1900 N4836E PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORIZON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AD 66-5-4 NOT COMPLIED WITH. FLOAT VALVE STUCK IN CLOSED POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4836E
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Horizon
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