- Date
- June 9, 1968
- Place
- Bronson, MI · BRONSON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4756APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1609 68/6/9 BRONSON,MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1167 TIME - 0845 N4756A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 681 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NUMBER 4 CYLINDER HAD A CRACKED BARREL AT THE HEAD JUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4756A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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