- Date
- October 14, 1968
- Place
- Mt View, HI · MT VIEW, HI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5433WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3727 68/10/14 MT VIEW,HAWAII PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1604 TIME - 2139 N5433W PX- 1 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNTAIN VIEW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLT.RECOVERY DATE 10/15/68.PLT HAD NITE CHECK-OUT IN THIS TYPE OF ACFT 10/14/68.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5433W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mountain View
N5433WRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2013 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5433W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.