- Date
- July 4, 1974
- Place
- Norwood, MA · NORWOOD, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6661KRepublic RC-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740704019839A
- Case key
- 130700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2667 74/7/4 NORWOOD,MASS REPUBLIC RC-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 2000 TIME - 2256 N6661K PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORWOOD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORWOOD,MASS MARTHAS VINYARD,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LEFT HAND AC MODEL B-F FUEL PUMP HAD 3/4IN SPLIT IN THE DIAPHRAGM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6661K
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norwood Muni
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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.