- Date
- November 30, 1981
- Place
- Madison, IN · MADISON, IN
- Injuries
- 5 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15SSPiper PA-31T
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811130076789A
- Case key
- 123122
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3217 81/11/30 MADISON,IN PIPER PA-31T CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1715 N15SS PX- 0 4 0 CORP/EXEC 33, 7126 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1305 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MADISON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERU,IN LOUISVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED 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 EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15SS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Madison Muni
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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.