- Date
- September 5, 1966
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8754WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121468
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0781 66/9/5 FLUSHING NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 182 TIME - 1655 N8754W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 126 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLUSHING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- TAKE OFF MADE ON EMPTY LEFT WING TIP FUEL TANK.FUEL IN LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8754W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flushing
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