- Date
- September 22, 1973
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17PSDelmar OTT OMS
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730922030439A
- Case key
- 188461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3010 73/9/22 PALO ALTO,CALIF DELMAR OTT OMS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 788 TIME - 1215 N17PS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 311 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT CHANGED TANKS,WG TO FUSE,AT TIME ENG STOPPED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17PS
- Reported as
- Delmar OTT OMS
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palo Alto
FAA reports on this event · 1
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