- Date
- July 11, 1976
- Place
- Bluff City, TN · BLUFF CITY, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7402WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1535 76/7/11 BLUFF CITY,TN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 3201 TIME - 0040 N7402W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 379 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BATESVILLE,AR BLACKSBURG,VA BLUFF CITY,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UN LOCATE ARPT CIRCLED CITY FOR 45 MIN.LNDD IN AN UNIMPROVED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7402W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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