- Date
- December 1, 1974
- Place
- Fredonia, AL · FREDONIA, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5231PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741201043249A
- Case key
- 144849
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4259 74/12/1 FREDONIA,ALA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1400 N5231P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 37, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 40 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CAMDEN,ALA AUGUSTA,GA LEGRANGE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP 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 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5231P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N5231P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC94FA075Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportE. Farmingdale, NYFailure of the local tower controller to adequately control the arrival of the airplanes, and inadequate visual lookout by the Piper PA-24 pilot. A factor related to the accident was: the local controller's improper phraseology in sequencing the airplanes.NTSB MIA69F0008Accident · No injuriesClosedCedar Key, FL