- Date
- August 14, 1973
- Place
- Calexico, CA · CALEXICO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51214Fairchild M-62A
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730814024859A
- Case key
- 201637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2284 73/8/14 CALEXICO,CALIF FAIRCHILD M-62A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0015 N51214 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 36, 8089 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALEXICO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS REMARKS- LNDD IN 5FT HIGH ASPARAGUS FLD. WOBBLE PUMP INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51214
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.