- Date
- March 10, 1972
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5567JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2251 72/3/10 TACOMA,WASH PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1347 N5567J PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 35, 2071 TOTAL HOURS, 392 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SO.TACOMA AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TACOMA,WASH BREMERTON,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FUEL STARVATION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. OBS DIDNT SEE PLT PERFORM PRE-FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5567J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- So.Tacoma Airpark
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