- Date
- January 15, 1964
- Place
- Whitehaven, TN · WHITEHAVEN, TN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7037YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0142 64/1/15 WHITEHAVEN TENN PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 662 TIME - 0700 N7037Y PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMPHIS METRO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PASSENGER INADVERTENTLY TURNED FUEL SELECTOR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7037Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Memphis Metro
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