- Date
- November 30, 1976
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8489YPiper PA-30B
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761130039549A
- Case key
- 156425
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3478 76/11/30 ST LOUIS,MO PIPER PA-30B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0515 N8489Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 28, 2344 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 375 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEISS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DETROIT,MI ST LOUIS,MO CLEVELAND,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SMALL ERROR IN LEFT FUEL GAUGE-CORROSION AND LOOSE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IN INDICATOR SENSOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8489Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weiss
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.