- Date
- March 9, 1971
- Place
- Vieques Island, PR · VIEQUES ISLAND, PR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3996WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0420 71/3/9 VIEQUES ISLAND,PR PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 3240 TIME - 1420 N3996W PX- 0 0 3 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VIEQUES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIEQUES ISLAND,PR SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL STARVATION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. UNABLE TO RESTART ENG OR RETURN TO DEP ARPT SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3996W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vieques
N3996WRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2017 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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