- Date
- October 21, 1974
- Place
- Rohnerville, CA · ROHNERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7238CGrumman F7F-3
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741021036479A
- Case key
- 141024
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3371 74/10/21 ROHNERVILLE,CALIF GRUMMAN F7F-3 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 8700 TIME - 0728 N7238C PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROHNERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROHNERVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ALSO HIT BARN & DMGD FARM EQUIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7238C
- Reported as
- Grumman F7F-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rohnerville
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.