- Date
- September 12, 1973
- Place
- Waimea, HI · WAIMEA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4997SPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730912033399A
- Case key
- 188333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3134 73/9/12 WAIMEA,HAWAII PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 2035 TIME - 1330 N4997S PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAIMEA-KOHALA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILO,HAWAII WAIMEA,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOST FUEL PRESS ENROUTE,BOOST PUMP AIDED. ENG LOST PWR TURNING FINAL. AVOIDED WIRES LDG IN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4997S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waimea-Kohala
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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.