- Date
- December 9, 1968
- Place
- Spearfish, SD · SPEARFISH, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7164WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4467 68/12/9 SPEARFISH,S DAK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N7164W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK HILLS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK,OTHER TANK CONTAINED 7 GALS. BOTH FUEL GAUGES INACCURATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7164W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Black Hills
N7164WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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