- Date
- June 25, 1976
- Place
- Liberty, MS · LIBERTY, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59374Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1525 76/6/25 LIBERTY,MS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 235 TIME - 1220 N59374 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 136 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHARLES,LA MCCOMB,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- FUEL GUAGE READ LOW. ALTERNATOR STATOR WIRING SHORT-CIRCUITED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59374
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage