- Date
- December 19, 1975
- Place
- Huntsville, AL · HUNTSVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8883PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751219039499A
- Case key
- 151697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3818 75/12/19 HUNTSVILLE,AL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N8883P PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 40, 1313 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 66 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNTSVILLE-MADISN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CUTHBERT,GA HUNTSVILLE,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- APRX 8GALS EA IN BOTH AUX TANKS.LNDD SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8883P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Huntsville-Madisn
N8883PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.