- Date
- April 22, 1966
- Place
- Wendover, NV · WENDOVER, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3159ACessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171956
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2675 66/4/22 WENDOVER NEV CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N3159A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT FORCE LANDED ON CURVING DESERT ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3159A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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