- Date
- April 22, 1978
- Place
- Grayslake, IL · GRAYSLAKE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8897EPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780422022959A
- Case key
- 142111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2293 78/4/22 GRAYSLAKE,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 55, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N8897E PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMPBELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAYSLAKE,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RT FUEL TANK CONTAINED 10-15 GAL,LT TANK EMPTY.FUEL SELECTOR FOUND POSITIONED TO LT TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8897E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Campbell
N8897ERegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine 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.