- Date
- July 12, 1978
- Place
- Chester, CA · CHESTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17748Beech A36
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780712016639A
- Case key
- 141731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1239 78/7/12 NR.CHESTER,CA BEECH A36 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 72, 5980 TIME - 1310 N17748 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 295 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA CHESTER,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RAN FUEL INJECTED ENG DRY ON RT TANK,CHANGED TO LEFT TANK,COULDN'T RESTART,LOW ALTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17748
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.