- Date
- December 29, 1976
- Place
- Pella, IA · PELLA, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7468SAero-Star 600
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761229040289A
- Case key
- 156252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3663 76/12/29 PELLA,IA AERO-STAR 600 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2110 TIME - 1645 N7468S PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1436 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA DES MOINES,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OVER 11 GALLONS OF FUEL FOUND IN LEFT WING TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7468S
- Reported as
- Aero-Star 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7468SRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Smith AEROSTAR 600Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 600Engine 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.