- Date
- September 27, 1965
- Place
- Lanai, HI · LANAI, HI
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9376RAero Cmdr 500A
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175323
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3311 65/9/27 LANAI HAWAII AERO CMDR 500A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1340 N9376R PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 27, 2159 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP LANDING ON BEACH. FUEL GAUGE INDICATING ABOUT 9 GALLONS HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9376R
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 500A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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