- Date
- March 11, 1973
- Place
- Windermere, FL · WINDERMERE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5571JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730311010559A
- Case key
- 170455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1501 73/3/11 WINDERMERE,FLA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 72, 1000 TIME - 1455 N5571J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DISNEY WORLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANFORD,FLA ST PETERSBURG,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL EX L TANK,PLT DELAYED SWITCH TO R TANK UNTIL ON APCH AND OVER TREES.DIDNT USE ELEC FUEL PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5571J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Disney World
N5571JRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5571J · 1
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