- Date
- April 27, 1977
- Place
- Osawatomie, KS · OSAWATOMIE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5454PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770427009879A
- Case key
- 152403
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0816 77/4/27 OSAWATOMIE,KS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 628 TIME - 1830 N5454P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 503 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OSAWATOMIE PAOLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OSAWATOMIE,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- RT FUEL TANT EMPTY, L TANK 1/2 FULL. DITCH AT END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5454P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Osawatomie Paola
N5454PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5454P · 1
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