- Date
- August 28, 1966
- Place
- Richland, WA · RICHLAND, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74545Mooney M20B
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121300
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3723 66/8/28 NR.RICHLAND WASH MOONEY M20B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 337 TIME - 1530 N74545 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RT.FUEL TANK APPROX.FULL.LEFT FUEL TANK EMPTY.FUEL SELECTOR VALVE ON L.TANK.PLT MISREAD FUEL GAGES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74545
- Reported as
- Mooney M20B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Richland
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