- Date
- January 24, 1974
- Place
- Cutchogue, NY · CUTCHOGUE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65ERPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740124001889A
- Case key
- 186739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1074 74/1/24 CUTCHOGUE,NY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 5681 TIME - 1830 N65ER PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATTITUCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE MARSH,MD MATTITUCK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SIPHONING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GREEN GAS STAINS FOUND BOTH WINGS,FUEL CAP TO TRAILING EDGE.PLT CKD CVR PLATE NOT FUEL CAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65ER
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mattituck
N65ERRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.