- Date
- January 18, 1970
- Place
- Tarentum, PA · TARENTUM, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9934YChampion 402
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4619 70/1/18 TARENTUM,PA CHAMPION 402 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 4461 TIME - 1255 N9934Y PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REMICH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TARENTUM,PA WEST MILFIN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R FUEL SELECT VALUE INNER PART MISALIGNED,COULD NOT SHUT OFF.CROSSFEED,BOOST ON,AIR SUCKED IN SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9934Y
- Reported as
- Champion 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Remich
N9934YRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Champion 402Airframe modelChampion 402Engine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.