- Date
- August 16, 1978
- Place
- Chowchilla, CA · CHOWCHILLA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N81KNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780816023579A
- Case key
- 139953
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2070 78/8/16 CHOWCHILLA,CA NAVION A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 450 TIME - 2045 N81K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 236 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHOWCHILLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKTON,CA FRESNO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- HIT CRANE CABLE WHILE ON FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81K
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chowchilla
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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.