- Date
- November 9, 1968
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5652FAlon A-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4340 68/11/9 NR.VERO BEACH,FLA ALON A-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 112 TIME - 1610 N5652F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PAINT CHIPS,INSECTS AND DIRT IN FUEL LINES AND CARBURETOR SCREEN. HIT ROAD SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5652F
- Reported as
- Alon A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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