- Date
- February 1, 1981
- Place
- Wilmington, DE · WILMINGTON, DE
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6423JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810201003309A
- Case key
- 127307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0250 81/2/1 WILMINGTON,DE PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N6423J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR WILMINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,DE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- FUEL SEL PSND ON EMPTY TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6423J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Wilmington
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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.