- Date
- October 22, 1968
- Place
- Spartanburg, SC · SPARTANBURG, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3107TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4375 68/10/22 SPARTANBURG,SC CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 98 TOTAL TIME - 1140 N3107T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPARTANBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PX INADVERTENTLY MOVED FUEL CONTROL TO OFF POSIT.CONTROL WIRE BENT WHEN PLT TRIED TO TURN FUEL ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3107T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spartanburg
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