- Date
- June 6, 1973
- Place
- Minot, ND · MINOT, ND
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N213PSirocco MJ5
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730606015539A
- Case key
- 190477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1255 73/6/6 MINOT,N DAK SIROCCO MJ5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 39 TOTAL TIME - 0924 N213P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINOT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINOT,N DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AIRBORNE DRG HI SPEED TAXI TEST.DUE LACK OF REMAIN RWY CONT FLT.ELEC FUEL PUMP SWITCH ACDNTLY OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N213P
- Reported as
- Sirocco MJ5
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Minot
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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.