- Date
- July 21, 1974
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3617FN.American SNJ-5
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740721023319A
- Case key
- 136948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2680 74/7/21 PITTSTOWN,NJ N.AMERICAN SNJ-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 0730 N3617F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 3175 TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY MANOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLANDERS VALLEY,NJ PITTSTOWN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SWITCHED TANKS,ACFT NOT EQPD WITH ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP,DID NOT USE WOBBLE PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3617F
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Manor
N3617FRegistered now · North American AT-6DAirframe modelNorth American AT-6DEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3617F · 1
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