- Date
- June 21, 1979
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57347Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790621025529A
- Case key
- 135546
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3795 79/6/21 MIAMI,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 328 TIME - 0200 N57347 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAMIAMI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA MIAMI,FL 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 - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR FOUND PSND NR L MAIN.L MAIN FUEL TANK EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57347
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tamiami
N57347Registered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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