ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13693
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Date: | Monday 26 September 1966 |
Time: | 18:45 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-32-260 |
Owner/operator: | Robert Hartigan |
Registration: | N3625W |
MSN: | 32-526 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Hartford, CT -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Hartford–Brainard Airport, Hartford (HFD/KHFD) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) when crashed 26/9/1966 at Hartford, CT., during initial climb out from Hartford–Brainard Airport, Hartford (HFD/KHFD. Cause of crash attributed to engine failure caused by fuel exhaustion. The Left Auxiliary fuel tank selected, and it was empty. However, the Left Auxiliary tank fuel gauge indicated "Full" when it was not.
Fuel was available in both main, and right auxiliary, fuel tanks, although the pilot failed to select these. Of the six persons on board (pilot and five passengers) only one (a passenger) was killed; the pilot and the other four passengers survived with minor or no injuries.
Registration N3625W cancelled by the FAA on March 20, 1969
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC67A0054 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: NYC67A0054 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=23150&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=3625W 3.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ct/N3625W/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Oct-2017 20:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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