- Date
- October 11, 1969
- Place
- Pensacola, FL · PENSACOLA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1878CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4728 69/10/11 PENSACOLA,FLA CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 120 TIME - 1600 N1878C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THREE STAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENSACOLA,FLA PENSACOLA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R TK FOUND EMPTY,10 GALS FUEL DRAINED FROM L TK AFT ACDNT. NO CONTAMINATION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1878C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Three Star
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