- Date
- February 8, 1970
- Place
- Gothenburg, NE · GOTHENBURG, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5521UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135373
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0747 70/2/8 GOTHENBURG,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2015 N5521U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 5663 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOTHENBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOTHENBURG,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLT INSTR REQ STUDENT TO CLOSE L AIR VENT. STUDENT TURNED OFF FUEL. 1ST FLT IN ACFT FOR STUDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5521U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gothenburg
N5521URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5521U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.