- Date
- November 29, 1973
- Place
- Sayre, OK · SAYRE, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8540NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731129037119A
- Case key
- 173490
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3497 73/11/29 SAYRE,OKLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 36, 416 TIME - 1525 N8540N PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAYRE MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NASHVILLE,TENN PHOENIX,ARIZ AMARILLO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES 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 TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT FUEL SUPPLY EXHAUSTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8540N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sayre Municipal
FAA reports on this event · 1
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