- Date
- August 14, 1966
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA · CHESAPEAKE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7456YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3112 66/8/14 CHESAPEAKE VA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 5000 TIME - 1830 N7456Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTSMOUTH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RIGHT ENGINE FUEL SYSTEM CONTAINED WATER,DIRT AND SLUDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7456Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Portsmouth
N7456YRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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