19831022055059A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25 · West Mifflin, PA · October 22, 1983

Date
October 22, 1983 · 18:04 local
Place
West Mifflin, PA
Airport
Allegheny
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6247Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC84LA012
Reported as
Piper PA25
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,416 total120 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Crash occurred during emergency landing when engine quit on final approach from fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING WHEN ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL APPROACH FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION.

NTSB investigation

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