- Date
- November 17, 1978
- Place
- Lock Haven, PA · LOCK HAVEN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- G-BVIPPiper 601P
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0018 78/11/17 LOCK HAVEN,PA PIPER 601P CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1440 G-BVIP PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 51, 6800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 17 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKELAND,FL LOCK HAVEN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R ENG FUEL EXHAUSTED,PLT SELECTED XFEED & L MAIN TNK.FUEL EXHAUSTED L TANK.19 GALS IN CNTR TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- G-BVIP
- Reported as
- Piper 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage