19800914041979A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Montgomeryville, PA · September 14, 1980

Date
September 14, 1980 · 11:20 local
Place
Montgomeryville, PA
Airport
Turner
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5055F
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FA088
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
713 total713 in this make and model60 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.

Rough engine on initial climb. Crash-landed in farm field. Found broken spark plug. Landed in 8-feet high corn.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE ON INITIAL CLIMB. CRASH-LANDED IN FARM FIELD. FOUND BROKEN SPARK PLUG. LANDED IN 8-FEET HIGH CORN.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N5055F · 1

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