- Date
- February 20, 1976
- Place
- Cable, WI · CABLE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3947WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19760220015189A
- Case key
- 80050
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1427 76/2/20 CABLE,WI PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 628 TIME - 0814 N3947W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CABLE UNION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CABLE,WI APPLETON,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL STARVATION FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.GND FUEL TEST INCONCLUSIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3947W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cable Union
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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.