# NTSB UNK64X0253: Piper PA-30, N7037Y, Whitehaven, TN, January 15, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 15, 1964
- Place: Whitehaven, TN · WHITEHAVEN, TN
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 124772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0253
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0253

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7037Y-1972-02-23), registration cancelled 1972-02-23, S/N 30-40 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Memphis Metro

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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