- Date
- April 11, 1973
- Place
- Lodi, CA · LODI, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7543PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730411007009A
- Case key
- 170303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0673 73/4/11 LODI,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 368 TIME - 1900 N7543P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KINGDOM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LODI,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT LNDD IN A PASTURE.PLT SELECTED R MN TANK AFTR ENG QUIT.ALL OTHER TANKS DRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7543P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kingdom
N7543PRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7543P · 1
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