- Date
- August 16, 1971
- Place
- Cobleskill, NY · COBLESKILL, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4469APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162999
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2790 71/8/16 COBLESKILL,NY PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 826 TIME - 1750 N4469A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHOHARIE CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COBLESKILL,NY SPRING VALLEY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLACARD-NO TKOF R TANK WITH LESS THAN 1/3 TANK.FUEL SELECT R TANK,APRX 3.6 GAL,L TANK ABT 3/4 FULL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4469A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Schoharie Co
N4469ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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