- Date
- February 13, 1977
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N54375Fairchild M-62-C
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770213002329A
- Case key
- 157444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0136 77/2/13 HOUSTON,TX FAIRCHILD M-62-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 800 TIME - 1530 N54375 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GULF COAST DUSTIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUGARLAND,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ACFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF RWY. PLT FAILED TO SWITCH TANKS PRIOR TO LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54375
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gulf Coast Dustin
N54375Registered now · Fairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Airframe modelFairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Engine modelFairchild 6-440 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.