- Date
- July 11, 1976
- Place
- Camden, ME · CAMDEN, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N38633Piper J5A
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760711018589A
- Case key
- 154476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1645 76/7/11 CAMDEN,ME PIPER J5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 126 TIME - 0930 N38633 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARSE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMDEN,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- FUSELAGE TANK EMPTY,WING TANK HELD A TRACE AND FUEL STRAINER BOWL WAS EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38633
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pearse Strip
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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.
Other investigations on N38633 · 1
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