- Date
- February 29, 1980
- Place
- Lexington, KY · LEXINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8574PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800229004559A
- Case key
- 131942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0619 80/2/29 LEXINGTON,KY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 9508 TIME - 1945 N8574P PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 598 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUEGRASS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TN LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-FUEL STARVATION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- 10GALS IN SELECTED TANK,FUEL IN OTR TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8574P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bluegrass Field
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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.