- Date
- November 9, 1965
- Place
- Coraopolis, PA · CORAOPOLIS, PA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N52Douglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175061
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1113 65/11/9 CORAOPOLIS,PA DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 0 3 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1934 N52 PX- 0 0 0 TEST 41, 10570 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PITTSBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PERIODIC FLT CHK OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ARPT ILS.L.FUEL SELECTOR VALVE POPPET SEAL LEAKAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greater Pittsburg
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