- Date
- October 8, 1971
- Place
- Hickory, NC · HICKORY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5486EAlon A-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163701
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3803 71/10/8 HICKORY,NC ALON A-2 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 59 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N5486E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HICKORY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GASTONIA,NC RETURN HICKORY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PULLED MIXT CTL INSTEAD OF CARB HEAT ON DOWNWIND LEG.LNDD ABT 900FT SHORT OF RWY.SOLO X-C FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5486E
- Reported as
- Alon A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hickory
N5486ERegistration cancelled Mar 6, 2018 · Alon A2Airframe modelAlon A2Engine modelContinental O-200A
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Other investigations on N5486E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.