- Date
- July 20, 1968
- Place
- Leechburg, PA · LEECHBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3656ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109277
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2494 68/7/20 LEECHBURG,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 68, 6700 TIME - 1000 N3656Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEECHBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- RT FUEL TANK EMPTY, LFT TANK 7 1/2 GALS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3656Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Leechburg
N3656ZRegistration cancelled May 22, 2017 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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