- Date
- March 21, 1981
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA · BEAVER FALLS, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2552DPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810321012709A
- Case key
- 126907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0423 81/3/21 BEAVER FALLS,PA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N2552D PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAVER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAVER FALLS,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR PSND TO EMPTY RGT TNK.FUEL RMNG IN L TNK.LNDD ON GOLF COURSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2552D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beaver County
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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.