- Date
- November 13, 1970
- Place
- El Monte, CA · EL MONTE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2516TNavion H
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159318
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2748 70/11/13 EL MONTE,CALIF NAVION H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 320 TIME - 1945 N2516T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MONTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG BACKFIRED AND LOST PWR AFTER T/O.MAIN FUEL DRAIN COCK FOUND OPEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2516T
- Reported as
- Navion H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- El Monte
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