- Date
- July 19, 1972
- Place
- Yerington, NV · YERINGTON, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N68270Boeing B75N1
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2830 72/7/19 YERINGTON,NEV BOEING B75N1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3835 TIME - 0515 N68270 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 302 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YERINGTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YERINGTON,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL CTL WILL NOT GO INTO FULL PSN IF MIX CTL PLACED INTO RICH PSN FIRST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68270
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yerington Muni
N68270Registration cancelled Sep 21, 2004 · Boeing B75N1Airframe modelBoeing B75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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