- Date
- December 10, 1965
- Place
- Mansfield, OH · MANSFIELD, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7739WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3701 65/12/10 MANSFIELD OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL TIME - 0747 N7739W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANSFIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PILOT REPORTED RT FUEL TANK CAP LOST DURING NIGHT FLIGHT.DISCOVERED RT TNK EMPTY WHEN SWITCHD TNKS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7739W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mansfield
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Other investigations on N7739W · 1
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