- Date
- September 17, 1978
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5507MAero Comdr 200D
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780917040079A
- Case key
- 139946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3851 78/9/17 PATTERSON,LA AERO COMDR 200D CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N5507M PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING AGE 53, 13950 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTERSON,LA LAFAYETTE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R MAIN GR WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT.RAN L MAIN TANK DRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5507M
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 200D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5507MRegistered now · Aero Commander 200DAirframe modelAero Commander 200DEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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