NTSB Identification: LAX85LA113.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 28248.
Accident occurred Thursday, January 10, 1985 in BALLICO, CA
Aircraft: FAIRCHILD M-62C, registration: N68444
Injuries: 1 Minor.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.AT THE CONCLUSION OF A LOCAL AERIAL APPLICATION FLT, ACFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING THE SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING. EXAMINATON OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A BROKEN FUEL FEED LINE AFT OF THE WOBBLE PUMP AND NO FUEL IN THE LINES OR COMPONENTS FORWARD OF THAT POINT.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FUEL SYSTEM,LINE..FAILURE,TOTAL
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..NONE SUITABLE
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..TREE(S)
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