- Date
- August 4, 1972
- Place
- Gangmills, NY · GANGMILLS, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N502CCCessna 500
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0034 72/8/4 GANGMILLS,NY CESSNA 500 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0853 N502CC PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POUGHKEEPSIE,NY ELMIRA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL PROBES CONTAMINATED BY GLYCEROL,CAUSING HIGH FUEL GAGE READINGS.LNDD IN ROUGH FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N502CC
- Reported as
- Cessna 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage