- Date
- January 19, 1973
- Place
- Sherman, TX · SHERMAN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46464Aeronca O-58B
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730119000639A
- Case key
- 170085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0226 73/1/19 SHERMAN,TEX AERONCA O-58B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 69 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N46464 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCKEON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHERMAN,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- SEL VALVE INDENTION WORN.RAN OFF END OF RWY AND CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46464
- Reported as
- Aeronca O-58B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mckeon
N46464Registration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Aeronca 0-58BAirframe modelAeronca 0-58BEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.