- Date
- September 22, 1974
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4394NCessna 195
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740922040999A
- Case key
- 138613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3968 74/9/22 VERO BEACH,FLA CESSNA 195 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1205 TIME - 1230 N4394N PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HIBISCUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT PIERCE,FLA ST AUGUSTINE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NUMEROUS DRAINAGE DITCHES IN FLD.FUEL GAUGES INDICATED ABT 1/2 FULL WHEN TANKS ALMOST EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4394N
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hibiscus
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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.