- Date
- March 24, 1977
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8061CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3625 77/3/24 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1342 N8061C PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 26, 2394 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 752 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BADER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC CITY,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO FUEL IN L TANK,R ABT 2 INCHES BELOW TOP FUEL SELECTOR ON L PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8061C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bader Field
N8061CRegistered now · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N8061C · 1
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