- Date
- August 15, 1968
- Place
- Brunswick, OH · BRUNSWICK, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3393WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3286 68/8/15 BRUNSWICK,OHIO PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 50, UNK/NR TIME - 1730 N3393W PX- 0 1 4 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRUNSWICK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MISS IN ENG.PLT USED CARB HEAT,LEANED MIXTURE.POWER LOSS DUE TO OPEN HEAT CONTROL VALVE IN CARB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3393W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brunswick
N3393WRegistration cancelled Feb 19, 2019 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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