- Date
- August 17, 1978
- Place
- Panama City, FL · PANAMA CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1265TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780817024089A
- Case key
- 140148
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2498 78/8/17 PANAMA CITY,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1410 N1265T PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 41, 1318 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 136 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PANAMA CTY-BAY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PANAMA CITY,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING 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 OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RT FUEL TANK FULL,LT TANK EMPTY WITH FUEL SELECTOR IN LT TANK POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1265T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Panama Cty-Bay Co
N1265TRegistration cancelled Jul 7, 2011 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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