- Date
- May 28, 1966
- Place
- Palmer, AK · PALMER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5838DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171463
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0082 66/5/28 PALMER ALAS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 181 TIME - 1230 N5838D PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALMER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WIRE BROKEN IN TRANSMITTER UNIT FUEL QUANT GAUGE ALLOWED GAUGE TO ALWAYS IND FULL TANKS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5838D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palmer
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