- Date
- September 25, 1971
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · PRESCOTT, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8186WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163684
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3774 71/9/25 PRESCOTT,ARIZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 170 TIME - 0145 N8186W PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,ARIZ PHOENIX,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT DID NOT REFUEL FOR RETURN LEG ON NGT X-CTY FLT,EXHSTD FUEL,CRASH LNDD IN MTNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8186W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8186WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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