- Date
- March 30, 1971
- Place
- Moonachie, NJ · MOONACHIE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9087PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0309 71/3/30 MOONACHIE,NJ PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1953 N9087P PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 26, 302 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TETERBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR POS ON EMPTY TANK. CO-PLT WAS ACTING AS SAFETY PLT DUE RETRACTABLE GR EQUIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9087P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Teterboro
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