- Date
- May 4, 1974
- Place
- Myrtle Beach, SC · MYRTLE BEACH, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8590PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1951 74/5/4 MYRTLE BEACH,SC PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 391 TIME - 1537 N8590P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MYRTLE BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKEWOOD,NJ HOLLYWOOD,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L FUEL TANK FULL,R EMPTY.R FUEL LINE RMVD,FOUND VOID OF FUEL.HIT TREES 1/2 MI FM ARPT,GOLF COURSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8590P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Myrtle Beach
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