- Date
- August 2, 1969
- Place
- Bunker Hill, IL · BUNKER HILL, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9178WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3422 69/8/2 BUNKER HILL,ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 86 TOTAL TIME - 0930 N9178W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SENIKER RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUNKER HILL,ILL WAUKEGAN,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- MUD DAUBER NEST IN CARB AIR INTAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9178W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Seniker Rla
N9178WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N9178W · 2
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