- Date
- September 19, 1979
- Place
- Peru, IN · PERU, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3384APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790919027319A
- Case key
- 133886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0080 79/9/19 PERU,IN PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 313 TIME - 1700 N3384A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 217 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEED FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERU,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED-UNAWARE OF A THIRD FUEL DRAIN IN ENG COMPARTMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3384A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weed Field
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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.