- Date
- April 28, 1981
- Place
- Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8959YPiper PA-39
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810428020219A
- Case key
- 126211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0708 81/4/28 MACON,GA PIPER PA-39 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 2033 TIME - 0835 N8959Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 323 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERBERT SMART DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STONE MOUNTAIN,GA COCHRAN,GA 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: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NO 4 CYL ON R ENG FAILED AT CYL HEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8959Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Herbert Smart
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.