- Date
- November 22, 1972
- Place
- Roaring Spring, PA · ROARING SPRING, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8672NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3536 72/11/22 ROARING SPRING,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 717 TIME - 1544 N8672N PX- 0 2 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTOONA,PA WASHINGTON,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EX FUEL L TANK SWITCHED R,UN RESTART ENG.T/D ABT 850FT BFR FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8672N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8672NRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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