- Date
- September 2, 1974
- Place
- Rockland, ID · ROCKLAND, ID
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8664PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740902029809A
- Case key
- 136805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2806 74/9/2 ROCKLAND,ID PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 2172 TIME - 1330 N8664P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKLAND,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PWR LOSS ON DOWNWIND LEG.ATTMPTD LNDG ON DIRT ROAD.WING STRUCK DIRT BANK.AUX TANK GAUGE READ 1/4.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8664P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rockland
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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.
Other investigations on N8664P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC90FA227Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportEliot, METhe pilot's failure to abort the takeoff. Factors were the over weight condition, upsloping runway, premature rotation, and the pilot's lack of experience in type aircraft and general aviation operations.NTSB DEN69D0236Accident · No injuriesClosedGillette, WY