- Date
- April 15, 1977
- Place
- Nashua, NH · NASHUA, NH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75042Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770415008649A
- Case key
- 157583
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0540 77/4/15 NASHUA,NH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 299 TIME - 1800 N75042 PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOIRE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOODBRIDGE,VA NASHUA,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER 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- DURING XC FLT ENG LOST POWER APPROX ONE MILE FROM DEST.FUEL SEL ON RT TANK-NO FUEL FOUND RT TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75042
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boire Field
N75042Registration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.