- Date
- June 21, 1974
- Place
- Tylertown, MS · TYLERTOWN, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5276PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740621017229A
- Case key
- 128710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1935 74/6/21 TYLERTOWN,MISS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 673 TIME - 1325 N5276P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TYLERTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWELLTON,LA TYLERTOWN,MISS 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 - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SIPHONING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT EXPD FUEL SIPHONING ON PREV FLT.AD 68-13-3 NOT RCDD AS C/W.THERMOS TYPE FUEL CAPS NOT INSTLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5276P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tylertown
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5276P · 3
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