- Date
- May 14, 1971
- Place
- Buhl, ID · BUHL, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1015GConvair 240-14
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0075 71/5/14 BUHL,ID CONVAIR 240-14 CR- 0 0 3 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 9587 TIME - 0702 N1015G PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 2326 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUHL MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TWIN FALLS,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP NOT FEA AS MFG REC.R ENG FUEL FEED VALVE DIAPHRAGM RUPTURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1015G
- Reported as
- Convair 240-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buhl Municipal
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