- Date
- October 23, 1973
- Place
- Lakewood, NJ · LAKEWOOD, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5392Pietenpol Aircam
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731023034779A
- Case key
- 188305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3198 73/10/23 LAKEWOOD,NJ PIETENPOL AIRCAM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 180 TIME - 1340 N5392 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ACCOMACK,VA LAKEWOOD,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RAN OUT OF FUEL ON BASE LEG UNDERSHOT RUNWAY STRUCK TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5392
- Reported as
- Pietenpol Aircam
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lakewood
N5392Registration cancelled Jun 13, 2013 · Pietenpol GN-1Airframe modelPietenpol GN-1Engine modelContinental C85 series
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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.