CHI70D0108

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-23 · Brownsburg, IN · August 2, 1969

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 2, 1969
Place
Brownsburg, IN · BROWNSBURG, IN
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N2219PPiper PA-23
Status
Completed · report August 25, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
168482

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2139   69/8/2    BROWNSBURG,IND      PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1815                    N2219P              PX-  0  0  2  PRACTICE                  AGE 45, 10465 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 1350 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWNSBURG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: GO-AROUND
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- SINGLE ENG FLT WITH R ENG SHUT OFF.L ENG BECAME ROUGH AND LOST PWR ON GO-AROUND.UN RESTART R ENG.

Aircraft

Registration
N2219P
Reported as
Piper PA-23
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Brownsburg

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.