- Date
- December 20, 1979
- Place
- Yerington, NV · YERINGTON, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2227SCessna T2101
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791220037429A
- Case key
- 132151
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3675 79/12/20 NR.YERINGTON,NV CESSNA T2101 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 2122 TIME - 1910 N2227S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YERINGTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP RENO,NV RETURN LONG BEACH,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RPRTD-FUEL GAGE SHOWED 50LBS IN BOTH TANKS WHEN ENG STOPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2227S
- Reported as
- Cessna T2101
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yerington Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.