- Date
- February 19, 1978
- Place
- Utica, MI · UTICA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7918PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780219004829A
- Case key
- 143177
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0411 78/2/19 UTICA,MI PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 34, TIME - 1340 N7918P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 300 TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERTZ MACOMB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UTICA,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED 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 COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SEL VALVE ON EMPTY TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7918P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bertz Macomb
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.