- Date
- January 5, 1979
- Place
- Muskegon Hgts, MI · MUSKEGON HGTS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5120YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790105000359A
- Case key
- 137701
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0127 79/1/5 NR.MUSKEGON HGTS,MI PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 3580 TIME - 0030 N5120Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 753 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSKEGON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSKEGON HGTS,MI ROCKFORD, IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP 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 - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- PLT STATED SWITCHED FM EMPTY INBOARDS TO OUTBOARD MAINS JUST BFR TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5120Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Muskegon County
N5120YRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.