- Date
- June 1, 1980
- Place
- Colorado Sprgs, CO · COLORADO SPRGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2918QPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800601017629A
- Case key
- 130535
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2530 80/6/1 COLORADO SPRGS,CO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 97 TOTAL TIME - 1510 N2918Q PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRATT,KS COLORADO SPRGS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN 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- ENG LOST PWR W FUEL SEL ON L TNK.SWITCHED TO R TNK FOR 10SEC & BACK.L TNK EMPTY,R TNK APRX 5GAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2918Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.