- Date
- August 27, 1966
- Place
- Oildale, CA · OILDALE, CA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3630WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3421 66/8/27 OILDALE CALIF PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 145 TIME - 1815 N3630W PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3630W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadows
N3630WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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