- Date
- July 17, 1974
- Place
- Newton, KS · NEWTON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7432YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740717025659A
- Case key
- 130699
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2664 74/7/17 NEWTON,KANS PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 52 TOTAL TIME - 1015 N7432Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DENVER,COLO KANSAS CITY,MO NEWTON,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- OPER CLAIMS AC STOLEN,PLT FLYING UNDER ALIAS NAME IN CUSTODY OF FBI.1ST FLT THIS ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7432Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newton
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7432Y · 1
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