- Date
- April 23, 1978
- Place
- Rialto, CA · RIALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7077CN American SNJ-4
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780423008899A
- Case key
- 142178
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0790 78/4/23 NR.RIALTO,CA N AMERICAN SNJ-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 3000 TIME - 1145 N7077C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIALTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 15 GAL FUEL IN LEFT TANK,FUEL SEL ON RT TANK WHICH WAS DRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7077C
- Reported as
- N American SNJ-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rialto
N7077CRegistered now · North American SNJ-4Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-4Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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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.