- Date
- October 26, 1973
- Place
- Osceola, IN · OSCEOLA, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55145Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731026041819A
- Case key
- 187809
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4011 73/10/26 OSCEOLA,IND PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 279 TIME - 1720 N55145 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPORTSMAN ARPK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARRISBURG,PA SOUTH BEND,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BOTH ENG CROSSFEED,MIXT LEAN DSCNDD FM 6500 FT TO 2800FT BOTH ENG QUIT.UN RESTART LNDD IN CORN FLD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55145
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sportsman Arpk
N55145Registration cancelled Feb 3, 2012 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N55145 · 1
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