- Date
- April 24, 1978
- Place
- Greenwood, IN · GREENWOOD, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7429PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780424013119A
- Case key
- 141864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1297 78/4/24 GREENWOOD,IN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 50, 581 TIME - 0800 N7429P PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYWAY AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARBONDALE,IL PIQUA,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- R & L MAIN AND L AUX FUEL TANKS FULL,R AUX EMPTY.FUEL PUMP NOT TURNED ON AFTR SWITCHING TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7429P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skyway Airport
N7429PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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