19810317012219A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23 · Brookfield, VT · March 17, 1981

Date
March 17, 1981 · 19:30 local
Place
Brookfield, VT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N747F
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81FNC10
Reported as
Piper PA23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,205 total270 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Auxiliary fuel tanks ran dry. Pilot claims unable to switch to main tanks and had to make emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

AUXILIARY FUEL TANKS RAN DRY. PILOT CLAIMS UNABLE TO SWITCH TO MAIN TANKS AND HAD TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.