- Date
- April 29, 1968
- Place
- Ft.Wayne, IN · FT.WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N721ZCPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1779 68/4/29 NR.FT.WAYNE,IND PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1700 N721ZC PX- 0 0 7 CORP/EXEC 43, 12000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 520 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - AUTO PILOT: SERVO EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- PLT LEFT SEAT TO GET FLASHLIGHT.AUTO PLT PITCHED UP,DAMAGED ELEVATORS.PLT DIDNT PULL PITCH TRIM CB
Aircraft
- Registration
- N721ZC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N721ZCRegistration cancelled May 6, 2013 · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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.
Other investigations on N721ZC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.