- Date
- February 28, 1973
- Place
- Westboro, MA · WESTBORO, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9151DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730228003809A
- Case key
- 169601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0075 73/2/28 WESTBORO,MASS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 277 TIME - 1550 N9151D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTBORO,MASS WORCESTER,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT POSITIONED FUEL SELECTOR TO EMPTY TANK.NO FLT HRS RECORDED LAST 90 DAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9151D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westboro
N9151DRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 2018 · Piper PA-22S-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22S-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.