- Date
- January 21, 1973
- Place
- No.Myrtle Bch, SC · NO.MYRTLE BCH, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5118GPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730121001579A
- Case key
- 169987
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0297 73/1/21 NO.MYRTLE BCH,SC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 266 TIME - 1019 N5118G PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 119 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRESCENT BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BALTIMORE,MD NO.MYRTLE BCH,SC MYRTLE BEACH AFB,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DIDNT REFUEL AT ENROUTE STOP. HIT ROAD BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5118G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crescent Beach
N5118GRegistration cancelled Apr 4, 2003 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.
Other investigations on N5118G · 1
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