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NYC70AN073

1970-01-18 · TARENTUM, Pennsylvania, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CHAMPION 402 · N9934Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
REMICH
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
340° / 14 kt
Temp
24° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000402-15
Total time
678 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,461
Age
40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOT SHUT OFF.CROSSFEED,BOOST ON,AIR SUCKED IN SYS.

Investigator remarks

R FUEL SELECT VALUE INNER PART MISALIGNED,COULD

Cause factors

  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 74/C/CC C
    POWERPLANT SELECTOR VALVES Cause
  • 88/C/48 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES Cause
  • 83/B/I B
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4619. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4619.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.