- Date
- June 17, 1968
- Place
- Statesboro, GA · STATESBORO, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7603YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4594 68/6/17 STATESBORO,GA PIPER PA-30 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1710 N7603Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 1650 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 540 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STATESBORO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK GRND IN A FLAT ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7603Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Statesboro
N7603YRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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