- Date
- February 26, 1977
- Place
- Norcross, GA · NORCROSS, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2897TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770226004289A
- Case key
- 157696
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2856 77/2/26 NR.NORCROSS,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 154 TIME - 1515 N2897T PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMBLEE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 16 OUNCES FUEL FOUND IN RT TANK. LT TANK CONTAINED 23 GALLONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2897T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2897TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-201TAirframe modelPiper PA-28-201TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 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.