- Date
- September 21, 1971
- Place
- St.Petersburg, FL · ST.PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9208PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1899 71/9/21 ST.PETERSBURG,FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1005 N9208P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 967 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 406 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.PETERSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.PETERSBURG,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- IP DIDNT FULLY CK STUDENT PRE-FLT.FUEL SELECTOR FOUND ON EMPTY MAIN.L AUX ONLY TANK WITH FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9208P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St.Petersburg
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.