- Date
- December 11, 1972
- Place
- Gwinn, MI · GWINN, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3048PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4076 72/12/11 GWINN,MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2117 N3048P PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 38, 676 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 46 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GREATER PITTSBURG,PA MARQUETTE,MICH FORD,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT AWARE OF LOW FUEL STATE BFR TKOF.LNDD ON FROZEN LAKE,GR COLLAPSED DRG TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3048P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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