- Date
- December 6, 1980
- Place
- Louisville, KY · LOUISVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2116PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801206072319A
- Case key
- 127992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3312 80/12/6 LOUISVILLE,KY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1241 N2116P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 64, 7900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 135 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOUISVILLE,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ELEC BOOST PUMP SCREEN CLOGGED,UNKN MTRL,BYPASSED BY NML SYS.R ENG W PARTIAL PWR NOT FEATHERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2116P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bowman
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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.