- Date
- March 26, 1970
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8871YPiper PA-39
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129044
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1747 70/3/26 CEDAR RAPIDS,IOWA PIPER PA-39 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 12000 TIME - 1934 N8871Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR RAPIDS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL DES MOINES,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ATMTD RSTRT,XFEED OPN.MAIN TNKS,LINES FND DRY,SEL VALVES MAIN TNKS POS.AUX TNKS NRLY FULL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8871Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Rapids Muni
N8871YRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2017 · Piper PA-39Airframe modelPiper PA-39Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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