- Date
- January 25, 1973
- Place
- Terre Haute, IN · TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92343Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730125000979A
- Case key
- 169988
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0298 73/1/25 TERRE HAUTE,IND PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0452 N92343 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 27, 1100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 235 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY KING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,IND ASPEN,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92343
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky King
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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.