- Date
- July 30, 1972
- Place
- Sully, IA · SULLY, IA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8798YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1319 72/7/30 SULLY,IOWA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2015 N8798Y PX- 0 2 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 53, 25500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NAPERVILLE,ILL OMAHA,NEBR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RAN OUT FUEL. LND IN CORN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8798Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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