- Date
- June 20, 1972
- Place
- Central Vly, CA · CENTRAL VLY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5660FAlon A-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0942 72/6/20 CENTRAL VLY,CALIF ALON A-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 56 TOTAL TIME - 0555 N5660F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURCELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION READING,CALIF PROJECT CITY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT STOLE ACFT,DELIBERATELY RAN OUT OF FUEL AND DOVE ACFT INTO RWY.POLICE FOUND SUICIDE EVIDENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5660F
- Reported as
- Alon A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Burcell
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