- Date
- February 9, 1972
- Place
- Boone, NC · BOONE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5636FAlon A-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0567 72/2/9 BOONE,NC ALON A-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 233 TIME - 1220 N5636F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOONE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILKESBORO,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .16 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5636F
- Reported as
- Alon A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Boone
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