- Date
- November 22, 1979
- Place
- Henderson, NC · HENDERSON, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8462PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133599
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3010 79/11/22 NR.HENDERSON,NC PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 730 TIME - 1130 N8462P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HENDERSON SKY HBR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LONG BEACH,CA LAS VEGAS,NV BULLHEAD CITY,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8462P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Henderson Sky Hbr
N8462PRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Piper PA-24-400Airframe modelPiper PA-24-400Engine modelLycoming IO-720 series
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