- Date
- July 14, 1968
- Place
- Wonewoc, WI · WONEWOC, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6343RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109334
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2576 68/7/14 WONEWOC,WIS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 5000 TIME - 1635 N6343R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THREE CASTLES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- AFTER PROLONGED GLIDE,PLT ADVANCED THROTTLE RAPIDLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6343R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Three Castles
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.