- Date
- July 28, 1968
- Place
- Gardenville, NY · GARDENVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N257BColonial C-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2932 68/7/28 GARDENVILLE,NY COLONIAL C-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 845 TIME - 2045 N257B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TO STRETCH GLIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N257B
- Reported as
- Colonial C-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Buffalo Airpark
N257BRegistration cancelled May 3, 2018 · Colonial C-1Airframe modelColonial C-1Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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