NTSB Identification: CHI84LA014.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 22896.
Accident occurred Friday, October 07, 1983 in WAUPACA, WI
Aircraft: PIPER PA-28R-180, registration: N7695J
Injuries: 1 Minor.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.PLT HAD MADE MISSED APPROACHES AT WAUSAU & MOSINEE. PLT INFORMED ARTC THAT HE HAD A FUEL PROBLEM. WHILE RECEIVING VECTORS TO WAUPACA ARPT THE ENG QUIT & THE ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES. TOTAL TIME OF FLT WAS 4+33. THE RIGHT TANK FUEL FILLER CAP WAS LOOSE & THE SEAL WAS MISSING.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FLUID,FUEL..EXHAUSTION
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FUEL SUPPLY..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..TREE(S)
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