- Date
- July 4, 1970
- Place
- Bear, DE · BEAR, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9402WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2125 70/7/4 BEAR,DEL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 2050 TIME - 1301 N9402W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER WILMINGTN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAR,DEL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CAUSE OF FUEL STRVTN UNK.NO PRESS L TNK,ELECT PUMP ON,IMT AFTR ACDT.FUEL SYS,VALVE CKD OK LTR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9402W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Wilmingtn