- Date
- May 26, 1977
- Place
- Mayville, NY · MAYVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8618DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770526014639A
- Case key
- 147255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2520 77/5/26 NR.MAYVILLE,NY PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1105 TIME - 1730 N8618D PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DART FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAYVILLE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FORGOT TO SWITCH TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8618D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dart Field
N8618DRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8618D · 1
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