19781010033159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA24400 · Santa Rosa, CA · October 10, 1978

Date: October 10, 1978
Place: Santa Rosa, CA
Airport: Sonoma County
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7773P
NTSB investigation: NTSBOAK79FVD02
Reported as: Piper PA24400
Reported engine: Lycoming
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,700 total225 in this make and model96 in the last 90 days

N7773PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-2989 · Built 1962 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Power failure due to magneto grounding, assign qcflag eq 0101

As the FAA filed it

POWER FAILURE DUE TO MAGNETO GROUNDING, ASSIGN QCFLAG EQ 0101

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB OAK79FVD02Accident · No injuriesClosedSanta Rosa, CAOct 10, 1978 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N7773P · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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