- Date
- October 21, 1967
- Place
- Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6143WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3871 67/10/21 TORRANCE,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N6143W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 535 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 31 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRENCE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SWITCHED TO LT TANK WITH FUEL WHEN ENGINE QUIT,THEN SWITCHED BACK TO EMPTY RT TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6143W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Torrence
N6143WRegistration cancelled Jan 8, 2022 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N6143W · 1
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