- Date
- May 18, 1965
- Place
- Trumansburg, NY · TRUMANSBURG, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3467MPiper PA12
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0321 65/5/18 TRUMANSBURG NY PIPER PA12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 103 TIME - 1830 N3467M PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - J AND M TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER/INADEQUATE VENTING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HOMEMADE FILLER CAP GASKET BLOCKED VENT ON R TANK.FUEL SELECTOR ON L TANK.L GAS CAP NOT FOUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3467M
- Reported as
- Piper PA12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- J And M
N3467MRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N3467M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.