- Date
- February 17, 1973
- Place
- Tahoe City, CA · TAHOE CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91792Navion A
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730217003489A
- Case key
- 169894
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0365 73/2/17 TAHOE CITY,CALIF NAVION A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 39, 128 TIME - 1130 N91792 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NEV HAYWARD,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT FOUND & PLT RCVRD FEB 19.PLT ATTEMPTED FORCED LNDG IN ONLY SPACE AVBL.NO FERRY PERMIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91792
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N91792Registered now · North American NAVION AAirframe modelNorth American NAVION AEngine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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