- Date
- January 16, 1970
- Place
- Salisbury, MD · SALISBURY, MD
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N764QMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138227
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1629 70/1/16 SALISBURY,MD MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 9100 TIME - 0115 N764Q PX- 0 1 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 137 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALISBURY-WICOMIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FLA PHILADELPHIA,PA NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL IN TIP TANKS,OTHERS EMPTY.UNDET AMT OF FUEL LOST DUE BROKEN O RING SEAL,FUEL LEVEL CTL VALVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N764Q
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Salisbury-Wicomic
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