- Date
- January 26, 1979
- Place
- Lima, NY · LIMA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9004YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790126043599A
- Case key
- 137867
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0280 79/1/26 LIMA,NY PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0037 N9004Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 30, 6060 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1015 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMIRA,NY ROCHESTER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RT PROP BLADE TIP FAILED. HARTZELL HCE-24R-2CT,SN CJ598.RT FUEL TANKS HAD FUEL,SEL ON OUTBOARD TK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9004Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9004YRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N9004Y · 1
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