- Date
- April 29, 1978
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7126WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780429040449A
- Case key
- 141524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3061 78/4/29 DANBURY,CT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 603 TIME - 1600 N7126W PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANBURY,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- RADIAL SCRATCH MARKS FOUND MID-WAY BETWEEN R TANK & OFF POSITION ON FUEL SELECTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7126W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Danbury Muni
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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.