- Date
- June 12, 1976
- Place
- Charlevoix, MI · CHARLEVOIX, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55573Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760612040699A
- Case key
- 155089
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3662 76/6/12 CHARLEVOIX,MI PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 5420 TIME - 1350 N55573 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLEVOIX MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAVER IS,MI CHARLEVOIX,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SELECTED WRONG TANK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55573
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Charlevoix Muni
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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.