- Date
- August 21, 1980
- Place
- Choteau, MT · CHOTEAU, MT
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4429TPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800821037669A
- Case key
- 129323
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3597 80/8/21 CHOTEAU,MT PIPER PA-32 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 461 TIME - 1835 N4429T PX- 3 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHOTEAU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BILLINGS,MT CHOTEAU,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 2.5GALS FUEL FD IN L TIP TK,L MAIN TK EMPTY,SELECTOR FD IN L WING TIP POS.R TKS RUPTURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4429T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Choteau
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4429T · 1
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