- Date
- September 23, 1974
- Place
- Monroeville, PA · MONROEVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2770NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740923036809A
- Case key
- 138649
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3738 74/9/23 MONROEVILLE,PA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 391 TIME - 1745 N2770N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONROEVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOCH HAVEN,PA MONROEVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT EST ALT ABV GLIDE PATH,EXECUTED 360 TURN TO LOSE ALT.AT 270 PSN,DTRMND UNABLE TO MAKE ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2770N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Monroeville
FAA reports on this event · 1
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