- Date
- January 10, 1978
- Place
- Doylestown, PA · DOYLESTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5SEAero Comdr 200
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780110000139A
- Case key
- 143503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0031 78/1/10 DOYLESTOWN,PA AERO COMDR 200 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 4000 TIME - 2310 N5SE PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOYLESTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUMBERTON,NJ DOYLESTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- STRUCK DIRT BANK 60 FT BFR RWY. L MAIN FUEL TANK ALMOST DRY,ALL OTHER TANKS HAD 3 OR MORE GALLONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5SE
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Doylestown
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.