- Date
- July 25, 1970
- Place
- Murdo, SD · MURDO, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3933PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190113
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3366 70/7/25 MURDO,S DAK PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1500 TIME - 0310 N3933P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MURDO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MURDO,S DAK FORT THOMPSON,S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL EXHAUSTED R TANK,SELECT POS NOT ON L TANK.REPOSITIONED,ENG RESTARTED TO LATE TO AVOID WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3933P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Murdo
N3933PRegistration cancelled Apr 15, 2011 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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