- Date
- April 20, 1976
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA · WENATCHEE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8259HCallair A-9A
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760420007569A
- Case key
- 153369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0977 76/4/20 WENATCHEE,WA CALLAIR A-9A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N8259H PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 39, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENATCHEE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RAN OUT OF FUEL R TANK.INSUFFICIENT ALT FOR RESTART.LNDD IN SOFT PLOWED FIELD.CALIBRATION FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8259H
- Reported as
- Callair A-9A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8259HRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Callair A-9Airframe modelCallair A-9Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8259H · 1
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