- Date
- April 21, 1973
- Place
- Joplin, MO · JOPLIN, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2001Aero Comdr 500-B
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730421016099A
- Case key
- 170450
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1489 73/4/21 JOPLIN,MO AERO COMDR 500-B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0017 N2001 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 39, 3465 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOPLIN MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOPLIN,MO ST LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- JET FUEL ADDED BY MISTAKE.PLT SIGNED FUEL SLIP,DIDNT CK TYPE FUEL,JP-4.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2001
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Joplin Mun
N2001Registration cancelled Jul 10, 2009 · Aero Commander 500-BAirframe modelAero Commander 500-BEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 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 N2001 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.