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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA31T3 · Atlanta, GA · September 24, 1984

Date
September 24, 1984 · 16:09 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Hartsfield
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
APDA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9193Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL84MA296
Reported as
Piper PA31T3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A11
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,309 total439 in this make and model245 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.

A combination of inaccurate fuel indication and pilot not positive about fuel load caused fuel exhaustion crash.

As the FAA filed it

A COMBINATION OF INACCURATE FUEL INDICATION AND PILOT NOT POSITIVE ABOUT FUEL LOAD CAUSED FUEL EXHAUSTION CRASH.

NTSB investigation

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