- Date
- February 17, 1974
- Place
- Marlinton, WV · MARLINTON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3116Dart RP-S1
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740217007179A
- Case key
- 186723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0865 74/2/17 NR.MARLINTON,W VA DART RP-S1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 1000 TIME - 1430 N3116 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA SEVILLE,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXHAUSTED FUEL ON MAIN TANK SWITCHED TO AUX COULD NOT RESTART,FORCED LANDING IN ROUGH TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3116
- Reported as
- Dart RP-S1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3116Registered now · Proctor-Varner-Austin CLIP WING DARTAirframe modelProctor-Varner-Austin CLIP WING DARTEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.