- Date
- March 4, 1973
- Place
- Gaffney, SC · GAFFNEY, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6018DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730304004039A
- Case key
- 170268
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0721 73/3/4 GAFFNEY,SC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N6018D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 1446 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 17 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEROKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAFFNEY,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED 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 - HIGH VEGETATION 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- TKOF L TANK LOST PWR SWITCHED TO R TANK ENG DID NOT RESTART.ABT 1/2GAL FUEL DRAINED FROM L TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6018D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cherokee
N6018DRegistered now · 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.