- Date
- October 9, 1974
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75333Grumman G-21
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741009034389A
- Case key
- 140954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3395 74/10/9 WICHITA,KANS GRUMMAN G-21 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1650 N75333 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 38, 8200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICHITA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KANS NEWTON,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL PSN OUT OF BOTH PSN TOWARDS R ENG DETENT.SUMP SHUT-OFF VALVE IMPROPERLY INDEXED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75333
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wichita Muni
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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.