- Date
- April 7, 1973
- Place
- N.Lindenhurst, NY · N.LINDENHURST, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8854HNavion NAV-4
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730407009629A
- Case key
- 170497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1296 73/4/7 N.LINDENHURST,NY NAVION NAV-4 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 53, 600 TIME - 1230 N8854H PX- 0 1 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 154 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZAHNS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION N.LINDENHURST,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SELECTED EMPTY FUEL TANK.CAP RED CAP MISSION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8854H
- Reported as
- Navion NAV-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Zahns
N8854HRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 1973 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.