- Date
- June 29, 1980
- Place
- Edgewater, MD · EDGEWATER, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3532MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800629022769A
- Case key
- 129764
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0637 80/6/29 EDGEWATER,MD PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1330 N3532M PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 54, 12719 TOTAL HOURS, 9 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDGEWATER,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS: CARBURETOR DE-ICING SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARB HEAT CABLE FAILED IN FLEX HOUSING.29HRS SINCE ANNUAL.15HRS SINCE ENGINE MAJOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3532M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lee
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.