- Date
- March 29, 1973
- Place
- Pennington, NJ · PENNINGTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N32780Piper J4A
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730329006419A
- Case key
- 170053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0277 73/3/29 PENNINGTON,NJ PIPER J4A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 25 TOTAL TIME - 1308 N32780 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWIN PINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENNINGTON,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- TRIED TO RET TO FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32780
- Reported as
- Piper J4A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Twin Pine
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.