- Date
- July 27, 1978
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3846TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780727021419A
- Case key
- 140682
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2189 78/7/27 MUSCLE SHOALS,AL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 52, 3100 TIME - 1500 N3846T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1148 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCLE SHOALS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TALLAHASEE,FL MUSCLE SHOALS,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL CONTROL NOT DELIVERING REQUIRED FUEL PRESSURE TO FUEL INJECTOR DISTRIBUTOR.HIT MAIL BOX POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3846T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Muscle Shoals
FAA reports on this event · 1
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