- Date
- February 5, 1973
- Place
- Bountiful, UT · BOUNTIFUL, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6594PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730205002369A
- Case key
- 170037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0261 73/2/5 BOUNTIFUL,UT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1090 TIME - 1315 N6594P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 235 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LAKE SKYPK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ OGDEN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R TANK CAPACITY REDUCED DUE POOR INSTALLATION.PLT DIDNT SWITCH TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6594P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Salt Lake Skypk
N6594PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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