- Date
- July 6, 1973
- Place
- N.Wilkesboro, NC · N.WILKESBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N194MAMitsubishi MU-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730706017049A
- Case key
- 188763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4053 73/7/6 N.WILKESBORO,NC MITSUBISHI MU-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1330 N194MA PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 43, 11622 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2793 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILKES CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION N.WILKESBORO,NC ORLANDO,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L FUEL CTL VALVE FEMALE SPLINE WORN,SHEARED.ARSB 72-0027,NCW,COVERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N194MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilkes Co
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.