- Date
- May 12, 1966
- Place
- Auburndale, FL · AUBURNDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N76430Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172222
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1089 66/5/12 AUBURNDALE FLA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3461 TIME - 1700 N76430 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1614 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILBERT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARBURETOR HEAT FLEXIBLE TUBING IMPROPERLY INSTALLED TRAPPING WATER IN TUBING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76430
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gilbert
N76430Registration cancelled Jul 6, 2023 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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