- Date
- April 14, 1973
- Place
- Blythe, GA · BLYTHE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3627PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730414008839A
- Case key
- 170572
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0912 73/4/14 BLYTHE,GA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1510 TIME - 1300 N3627P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1450 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUGUSTA,GA LOUISVILLE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN 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 TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- APRX 9MIN AFTR DEP ENG QUIT,SWITCHED BACK TO L TANK,PUMPED THROTTLE,ENG STARTED,THEN QUIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3627P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3627PRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.