- Date
- May 25, 1975
- Place
- Dixon, IL · DIXON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8526PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750525013619A
- Case key
- 148885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1336 75/5/25 DIXON,IL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 653 TIME - 1605 N8526P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 510 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIXON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DIXON,IL SHEBOYGAN,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- TKOF R MAIN,FUEL EX,SWITCHED TO AWX.NO VIS CK. ALT TOO LOW TO COMPLETE GR EXTN CYCLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8526P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dixon Muni
N8526PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-400Airframe modelPiper PA-24-400Engine modelLycoming IO-720 series
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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.