- Date
- November 5, 1976
- Place
- South Boston, VA · SOUTH BOSTON, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5021LLake LA-200
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761105036199A
- Case key
- 156357
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3494 76/11/5 SOUTH BOSTON,VA LAKE LA-200 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1422 TIME - 1705 N5021L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRISTOL,PA WAXAW,NC 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 - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT MISREAD FUEL DIP STICK THOUGHT FUEL ON BOARD 10 GAL,MARK IND 5 GAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5021L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5021L · 1
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