- Date
- May 21, 1975
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6178CGrumman F7F
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750521013099A
- Case key
- 134602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2395 75/5/21 SANTA ROSA,CA GRUMMAN F7F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0855 N6178C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 34, 7001 TOTAL HOURS, 15 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ROSA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- BOTH ENGS QUIT,POS TO EMPTY TANK. OTR TANKS HAD FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6178C
- Reported as
- Grumman F7F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sonoma County
N6178CRegistered now · Grumman F7F-3Airframe modelGrumman F7F-3Engine modelPratt & Whitney DW-CA series
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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.
Other investigations on N6178C · 1
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