- Date
- July 19, 1981
- Place
- Buckland, NC · BUCKLAND, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7141CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810719042189A
- Case key
- 124115
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3090 81/7/19 BUCKLAND,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 329 TIME - 1512 N7141C PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 307 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTSMOUTH,VA FRANKLIN,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 3 CYL EXH VALVE GUIDE WORN,EXH VALVE FAILED.VALVE PCS DMGD PLUGS IN CYLS 1&2.GOOD FIELDS AVAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7141C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.