- Date
- August 23, 1972
- Place
- Kokomo, IN · KOKOMO, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3209WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1323 72/8/23 KOKOMO,IND PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 686 TIME - 1600 N3209W PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COX STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOKOMO,IND 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 TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PSN OF FUEL SEL AT TIME OF ENG STOPPAGE NOT DETERMINED.ONLY TRACE OF FUEL,CARB.4FT HIGH SOY BEANS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3209W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cox Strip
N3209WRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N3209W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.