- Date
- June 13, 1977
- Place
- Raleigh, NC · RALEIGH, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N33373Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770613023109A
- Case key
- 158742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1308 77/6/13 RALEIGH,NC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 611 TIME - 1528 N33373 PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALEIGH DURHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTHERN PINES,NC RALEIGH,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR FOUND IN LEFT TIP TANK POSITION,TANK EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33373
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Raleigh Durham
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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.