- Date
- November 26, 1978
- Place
- Sleepy Eye, MN · SLEEPY EYE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8872DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781126037969A
- Case key
- 138356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3822 78/11/26 SLEEPY EYE,MN PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 120 TIME - 1500 N8872D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLEEPY EYE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLEEPY EYE,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED R TANK FUEL GAGE READ 2GAL BFR TKOF.PLACARD STATED LEVEL FLT ONLY W LESS THAN 6GAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8872D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sleepy Eye
N8872DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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