- Date
- December 5, 1967
- Place
- Cottage Hill, IL · COTTAGE HILL, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N148AFPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112399
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4539 67/12/5 COTTAGE HILL,ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1196 TIME - 1615 N148AF PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 128 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CIVIC MEMORIAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- DOWEL PIN IN CRANKSHAFT SHEARED,LEFT ENG.T/O MADE BELOW SINGLE ENG SPEED.GEAR FAILED ON LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N148AF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Civic Memorial
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