- Date
- September 28, 1980
- Place
- Needles, CA · NEEDLES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4388HPiper PA-15
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800928048559A
- Case key
- 128976
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2583 80/9/28 NEEDLES,CA PIPER PA-15 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 292 TIME - 0925 N4388H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEEDLES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP YUMA,AZ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED LAKE HAVASU,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4388H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-15
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Needles Muni
N4388HRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Piper PA-15Airframe modelPiper PA-15Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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