- Date
- September 3, 1977
- Place
- Kalamazoo, MI · KALAMAZOO, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15060Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770903028429A
- Case key
- 145171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2917 77/9/3 KALAMAZOO MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 160 TIME - 2207 N15060 PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KALAMAZOO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PELLSTON MI KALAMAZOO MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DIRT EMBANKMENT-AVL SHLDR HARNESS NOT USED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15060
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kalamazoo
N15060Registration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.