- Date
- April 19, 1964
- Place
- Balston Spa, NY · BALSTON SPA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N21253Taylorcraft BC65
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0974 64/4/19 BALSTON SPA NY TAYLORCRAFT BC65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N21253 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BALSTON SPA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21253
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Balston Spa
N21253Registered now · Taylorcraft BC-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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