# NTSB NYC70AN073: Champion 402, N9934Y, Tarentum, PA, January 18, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1970
- Place: Tarentum, PA · TARENTUM, PA
- Location: 40.6072° N, 79.7598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tarentum, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6072&lon=-79.7598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 15, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 138281
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC70AN073
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70AN073

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9934Y-2017-11-21), registration cancelled 2017-11-21, S/N 40215, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 402
- Registry model: [Champion 402](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-402) (registry code 2110204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Remich

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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