- Date
- November 11, 1976
- Place
- Spring Lake, MI · SPRING LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 5 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74941Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761111038459A
- Case key
- 157076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4147 76/11/11 SPRING LAKE,MI PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1798 TIME - 1636 N74941 PX- 1 5 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 221 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSKEGON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRAVERSE CITY,MI GRAND HAVEN,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R BOOST PUMP INOP,X-FEED USED TO START R ENG.X-FEED FOUND ON,L INBOARD TANK DRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74941
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Muskegon County
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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.