- Date
- September 26, 1974
- Place
- Fortuna, CA · FORTUNA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6179CGrumman F7F
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740926040429A
- Case key
- 145066
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4033 74/9/26 FORTUNA,CALIF GRUMMAN F7F CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 6538 TIME - 1622 N6179C PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 503 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RHONERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORTUNA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MIXT CTL IN AUTO LEAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6179C
- Reported as
- Grumman F7F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rhonerville
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6179C · 1
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