- Date
- January 15, 1972
- Place
- Wenden, AZ · WENDEN, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N34321Meyers OTW145
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0552 72/1/15 WENDEN,ARIZ MEYERS OTW145 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 35, TIME - 1530 N34321 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 112 TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKEYE,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT WAS LDG TO REFUEL. FORCE LND ACROSS ROWS IN PLOWED FLD. PLT WAS NON-CURRENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34321
- Reported as
- Meyers OTW145
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wenden
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