- Date
- June 7, 1970
- Place
- Banta, CA · BANTA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N795VFleet Acft 7
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124083
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2409 70/6/7 NR.BANTA,CALIF FLEET ACFT 7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2800 TIME - 1655 N795V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRACY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERCED,CALIF SONOMA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DIRT AND FOREIGN MATTER FOUND IN CARB BOWL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N795V
- Reported as
- Fleet Acft 7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tracy
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