- Date
- September 19, 1978
- Place
- Blountville, TN · BLOUNTVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7700LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780919041919A
- Case key
- 139925
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3737 78/9/19 BLOUNTVILLE,TN PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0907 N7700L PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 22, 1826 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 158 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-CITIES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOHNSON CITY TN BLOUNTVILLE,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7700L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri-Cities
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.