- Date
- October 23, 1973
- Place
- Lakeland, FL · LAKELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N611ZCurtis-Wrt C-46A
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731023037449A
- Case key
- 188331
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3132 73/10/23 LAKELAND,FLA CURTIS-WRT C-46A CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1810 N611Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 51, 22000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKELAND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAINBRIDGE,FLA LAKELAND,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R ENG QUIT ON DOWNWIND,FEATH PROP.L TANKS EMPTY.R BOOST PUMP & X-FEED OFF.DIRT & WATER IN TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N611Z
- Reported as
- Curtis-Wrt C-46A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lakeland Muni
N611ZRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · Curtiss Wright C-46AAirframe modelCurtiss Wright C-46AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N611Z · 2
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