- Date
- April 14, 1973
- Place
- Alamance, NC · ALAMANCE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4SGWhitman W-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730414007999A
- Case key
- 170590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0941 73/4/14 ALAMANCE,NC WHITMAN W-8 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 370 TIME - 1530 N4SG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURLINGTON MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALAMANCE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO SNAP OVR DRG TURN TO FINAL APCH.AIRBORNE APRX 1HR 20MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4SG
- Reported as
- Whitman W-8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Burlington Mun
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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.