- Date
- July 8, 1980
- Place
- Sparta, TN · SPARTA, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3157DPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800708024189A
- Case key
- 129739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0969 80/7/8 SPARTA,TN PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1294 TIME - 1228 N3157D PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPARTA-WHITE CO. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARTA,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BOTH TIP TANKS & L MAIN FUEL TANK EMPTY,R MAIN FULL,SEL BTN L MAIN & L TIP.L MAIN LEAKED IN TESTG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3157D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sparta-White Co.
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.