- Date
- May 5, 1974
- Place
- Willoughby H, OH · WILLOUGHBY H, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5178SPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740505024059A
- Case key
- 124758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1706 74/5/5 WILLOUGHBY H,OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1945 N5178S PX- 0 1 0 DUAL 49, 3094 TOTAL HOURS, 650 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CUYAHOGA CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTSVILLE,SC WILLOUGHBY H,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INST TRAIN FLT.FUEL EXHAUSTED INSIDE OM.IFR FLT PLAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5178S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cuyahoga Co
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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.