- Date
- November 8, 1970
- Place
- Independence, VA · INDEPENDENCE, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7690PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4141 70/11/8 INDEPENDENCE,VA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 946 TIME - 1235 N7690P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD BOONE,NC 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 - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SWITCHED TANKS TOO LATE. RAN INTO FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7690P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7690PRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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