- Date
- November 18, 1978
- Place
- South Boston, VA · SOUTH BOSTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3940WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781118044459A
- Case key
- 139217
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3631 78/11/18 SOUTH BOSTON,VA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 6000 TIME - 1740 N3940W PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 5000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAM M TUCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINSTON-SALEM,NC RICHMOND,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED PREOCCUPIED WITH SELECTING SAFE LNDG AREA RATHER THAN RESTARTING ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3940W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- William M Tuck
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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.
Other investigations on N3940W · 1
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