- Date
- March 12, 1969
- Place
- Bowling Green, KY · BOWLING GREEN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3017PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184687
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1676 69/3/12 BOWLING GREEN,KY PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 555 TIME - 0955 N3017P PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 246 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARREN COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- T/O WITH KNOWN ICE IN FUEL SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3017P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Warren County
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