- Date
- July 3, 1971
- Place
- Syracuse, NY · SYRACUSE, NY
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6122PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2486 71/7/3 SYRACUSE,NY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 870 TIME - 1408 N6122P PX- 0 0 2 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANCOCK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYRACUSE,NY SYRACUSE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 60GAL FUEL ON BOARD BFR TKOF.AIR-BORNE APRX 3.2HRS,FUEL EX CAUSE NOT DTRMD. STALLED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6122P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hancock Field