- Date
- April 23, 1966
- Place
- Lancaster, CA · LANCASTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N238YLC Short A
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0368 66/4/23 LANCASTER CALIF LC SHORT A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1601 N238Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 59, 8800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WM J FOX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PUSHER TYPE POWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N238Y
- Reported as
- LC Short A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wm J Fox
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