- Date
- May 29, 1973
- Place
- Bismarck, ND · BISMARCK, ND
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3340WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730529015469A
- Case key
- 190449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1311 73/5/29 BISMARCK,N DAK PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 451 TIME - 0612 N3340W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BISMARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO BISMARCK,N DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL EX APRX 5MI SE OF ARPT,LNDD IN ROUGH PASTURE COLLIDED WITH FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3340W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bismark
FAA reports on this event · 1
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