- Date
- November 29, 1978
- Place
- N.Myrtle Bch, SC · N.MYRTLE BCH, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3976MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781129036529A
- Case key
- 138033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4258 78/11/29 NR.N.MYRTLE BCH,SC PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, TIME - 1922 N3976M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND STRAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RALEIGH-DURHAM,NC CHARLESTON,SC 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 EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT CONTINUED FLT WITH INTERMITTENT POWER,OVERFLEW AIRFIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3976M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Strand
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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.