- Date
- May 14, 1988, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46836Fairchild M-62A-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880514015269A
- Case key
- 26000
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a sightseeing flight, the engine suddenly quit and an emergency off-field landing was made. During the landing roll, the aircraft collided with a fence. The pilot had been operating the aircraft off of the left fuel tank. The left fuel tank was found empty of fuel, the right tank contained aprx 7 gallons. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46836
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62A-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- FV-703
- Airframe hours
- 1,888
- Engine
- Ranger C-440-C5, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Museum
- Registered owner
- Air Museum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 13, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- CNO
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 355 total · 15 in this make and model · 255 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.