- Date
- May 30, 1967
- Place
- Warrington, PA · WARRINGTON, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5399WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0565 67/5/30 WARRINGTON,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N5399W PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 42, 3946 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 262 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARRINGTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- GASCOLATOR QUICK-DRAIN LEFT OPEN.ACFT OWNER CONDUCTED PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION,PILOT DID NOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5399W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warrington
N5399WRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 2025 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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