- Date
- August 5, 1973
- Place
- Grnd Canyon, AZ · GRND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4291RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730805026179A
- Case key
- 189047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2708 73/8/5 GRND CANYON,ARIZ PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1335 N4291R PX- 0 1 0 FERRY AGE 33, 6421 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 257 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRND CANYON,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR FOUND ON RT MAIN TANK.TANK EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4291R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.