- Date
- September 24, 1979
- Place
- Erie, PA · ERIE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6838JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790924026979A
- Case key
- 132726
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3652 79/9/24 ERIE,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 71, 11742 TIME - 1415 N6838J PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ERIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERIE,PA ASHTABULA COUNTY,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WARPED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- SPG LOADED FUEL SEL STOP LODGED BHND WARPED COVER ALLOWING SEL TO MOVE THRU L TANK TO OFF PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6838J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Erie
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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.