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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-18 · Pryor Creek, OK · May 11, 1976

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
May 11, 1976
Place
Pryor Creek, OK · PRYOR CREEK, OK
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N6767BPiper PA-18
Status
Completed · report June 30, 1976
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19760511012219A
Case key
153881

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1199  76/5/11    PRYOR CREEK,OK      PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1000
        TIME - 1800                    N6767B              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PRYOR CREEK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          VINITA,OK                   PRYOR CREEK,OK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        REMARKS- UN OBTAIN FUEL AT VINITA,CONT TO PRYOR CREEK. LND IN FLD.

Aircraft

Registration
N6767B
Reported as
Piper PA-18
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Pryor Creek

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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Other investigations on N6767B · 1

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