- Date
- November 14, 1971
- Place
- Elizabethtown, KY · ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7254FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3517 71/11/14 ELIZABETHTOWN,KY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N7254F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 1381 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 52 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETHTOWN-HAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHARD CENTER,WIS ELIZABETHTOWN,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- FLEW TO DEST.UNABLE TO LOCATE ARPT,HAD TO LND ON GRAVEL ROAD. PLT OVERFLEW SUITABLE ARPTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7254F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elizabethtown-Har
N7254FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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