- Date
- December 19, 1975
- Place
- Sandpoint, ID · SANDPOINT, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1078JNa Rockwell 112
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751219040129A
- Case key
- 152119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4063 75/12/19 SANDPOINT,ID NA ROCKWELL 112 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5500 TIME - 1612 N1078J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANDPOINT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANDPOINT,ID SPOKANE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR QUICK DRAIN VALVE NOT PROPERLY SEATED,AIR ENTERED SYSTEM.GERDERS MODEL A-400-1.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1078J
- Reported as
- Na Rockwell 112
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sandpoint County
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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.