- Date
- April 24, 1976
- Place
- Catawba, SC · CATAWBA, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55598Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760424011019A
- Case key
- 153894
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1101 76/4/24 CATAWBA,SC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 247 TIME - 1145 N55598 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTER,PA WAXHAW,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COLLIDED WI STORAGE TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55598
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N55598Registered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N55598 · 1
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