- Date
- August 7, 1974
- Place
- Syracuse, NY · SYRACUSE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1116VBeech T-34
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740807028539A
- Case key
- 136783
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2779 74/8/7 SYRACUSE,NY BEECH T-34 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1202 N1116V PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING 47, 6600 TOTAL HOURS, 305 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANCOCK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYRACUSE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ON TAKEOFF FUEL STARVATION OCCURRED WITH FUEL GAUGE READING ONE QUARTER FULL.FUEL TANK EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1116V
- Reported as
- Beech T-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hancock Intl
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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.