CHI66A0069

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-22 · London, KY · February 19, 1966

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
February 19, 1966
Place
London, KY · LONDON, KY
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N6750BPiper PA-22
Status
Completed · report December 2, 1966
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
174194

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0354  66/2/19    LONDON KY           PIPER PA-22         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1545                    N6750B              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LONDON-CORBIN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- SUPPORTING STRUCTURES FOR POWERLINE HIGHWAY CROSSING STRUCK BY N6750B WERE OBSCURED BY TREES.

Aircraft

Registration
N6750B
Reported as
Piper PA-22
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
London-Corbin

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.