- Date
- February 4, 1973
- Place
- Hartwood, VA · HARTWOOD, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N79530Howard DGA15P
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730204001529A
- Case key
- 169633
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0026 73/2/4 HARTWOOD,VA HOWARD DGA15P CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1494 TIME - 1430 N79530 PX- 0 0 5 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 205 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARTWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTWOOD,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INCORRECT ENTRY BY MECH IN ACFT LOG BOOK RESULTED IN PILOT CONFUSION AND FUEL MISMANAGEMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79530
- Reported as
- Howard DGA15P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hartwood
N79530Registered now · Howard DGA-15PAirframe modelHoward DGA-15PEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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