- Date
- February 20, 1977
- Place
- Plentywood, MT · PLENTYWOOD, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32532Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770220002679A
- Case key
- 157358
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0237 77/2/20 PLENTYWOOD,MT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 38 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N32532 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WILLISTON,ND RETURN DICKINSON,ND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- APPROVED SOLO XC.ADDED NO FUEL AT 2 ENRT STOPS.BECAME LOST.FORCED LDG IN SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32532
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N32532Registration cancelled Sep 29, 2014 · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N32532 · 1
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