- Date
- May 3, 1976
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7075YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760503015819A
- Case key
- 153782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1325 76/5/3 CHARLESTON,WV PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 62, 2389 TIME - 0013 N7075Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA CHARLESTON,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7075Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kanawha
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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.