- Date
- August 2, 1975
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63820Fairchild M-62C
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750802025879A
- Case key
- 150184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2300 75/8/2 ADELANTO,CA FAIRCHILD M-62C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 673 TIME - 1200 N63820 PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADELANTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SWITCHED TANKS TOO LATE. RELEASED GLIDER OK. LND IN SAND DUNE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63820
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Mirage
N63820Registration cancelled Jul 21, 1977 · Fairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Airframe modelFairchild M-62C(PT-23A)
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.