19790428007219A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Ridgeland, SC · April 28, 1979

Date
April 28, 1979 · 20:00 local
Place
Ridgeland, SC
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N15197
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FLG22
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,260 total250 in this make and model153 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Propeller control rod end ball joint disconnected from prop governor control head resulting in forced landing.

As the FAA filed it

PROPELLER CONTROL ROD END BALL JOINT DISCONNECTED FROM PROP GOVERNOR CONTROL HEAD RESULTING IN FORCED LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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