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NYC73FNE24

1973-03-13 · GREENWICH, Connecticut, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N100QT has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH C90, built 1976), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA TP206 · N100QT
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
WESTCHESTER CO
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000P206-0393
Total time
1,412 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
9,554
Age
52

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTOR VALVE FOUND IN OFF POSITION.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 0738. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0738.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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