- Date
- December 3, 1975
- Place
- Avoca, PA · AVOCA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5140LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751203037649A
- Case key
- 152189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3929 75/12/3 AVOCA,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 74 TOTAL TIME - 1650 N5140L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILKES BARRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENNS VALLEY,PA WILKES BARRE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5140L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilkes Barre
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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.