- Date
- March 18, 1976
- Place
- Bardstown, KY · BARDSTOWN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2216NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760318006489A
- Case key
- 151543
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0681 76/3/18 BARDSTOWN,KY CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1039 TIME - 1500 N2216N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAMUELS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,KY OWENSBORO,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL L TANK-EMPTY.R TANK FULL FUEL.ENG RESTARTED ON SHORT FINAL.PLT DISCONTINUED APCH,ENG QUIT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2216N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Samuels Field
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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.