- Date
- May 16, 1978
- Place
- Meridian, MS · MERIDIAN, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N39737Waco UPF-7
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780516009279A
- Case key
- 141929
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1457 78/5/16 MERIDIAN,MS WACO UPF-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 287 TIME - 1730 N39737 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIKEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERIDIAN,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT STATED HE VISUALLY CHECKED FUEL.NO FUEL FOUND IN CARB.NO MALFUNCTIONS FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39737
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aiken
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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.