ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381761
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Date: | Thursday 9 June 1983 |
Time: | 09:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-24-250 |
Owner/operator: | Richard Litke |
Registration: | N7522P |
MSN: | 24-2724 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3000 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-A1A5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Matamoris, PA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Oxford, CT (KOXC) |
Destination airport: | Monticello, NY (MSV |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT LANDED DOWNWIND AND OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AFTER WHICH IT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THEPILOT HAD DISCOVERED A BAD BRAKE CYLINDER AND FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND WAS RETURNING THE ACFT TO THE MECHANIC WHO HAD PERFORMED THE ANNUAL 5 WKS EARLIER. DURING THE TRIP HE RAN LOW ON FUEL AND COULD NOT SWITCH TANKS SO HE LANDED DOWNWIND BECAUSE OF WIRES AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THERE WAS 23 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TANK BEING USED. HE SAID HE ENCOUNTERED HEAD WINDS WHICH FORCED HIM TO LAND AT THE PRIVATE STRIP WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC83LA137 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC83LA137
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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