- Date
- September 27, 1969
- Place
- Cedar Falls, IA · CEDAR FALLS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5970ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4060 69/9/27 CEDAR FALLS,IOWA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 53 TOTAL TIME - 1745 N5970Z PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR FALLS,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT FUELED ACFT THOUGHT R TANK BEING FUELED WAS THE LEFT.FUEL VALUE L,TANK EMPTY.LNDD IN CORN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5970Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Isley
N5970ZRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N5970Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.