ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13480
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| Date: | 15-JAN-1964 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7037Y |
| MSN: | 30-40 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Whitehaven, Memphis, Tennessee -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Memphis Municipal Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 15 January 1964 when crashed at Whitehaven, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. According to the official NTSB report into the accident: "Engines failed due to fuel starvation; aircraft unable to maintain height & crashed during off airfield forced landing. Pilot failed to obtain/maintain optimum flying speed during initial climb out from Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. Passenger inadvertently turned off fuel selector". All three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) were killed
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=261&key=0
2. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/tn/N7037Y/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2015 13:53 | JINX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Feb-2016 20:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2019 11:55 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
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