- Date
- April 3, 1970
- Place
- Dixon, IL · DIXON, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7875YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129799
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1846 70/4/3 DIXON,ILL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1538 N7875Y PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 30, 4904 TOTAL HOURS, 222 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHAS R WALGREEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREATER PEORIA,ILL JANESVILLE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- AIR PRESS LOW,BOTH PROP PITCH CTL MECHANISMS.BOTH GOVS DFCTV.FAULTY CKT BRKR,GR RTRTN MOTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7875Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chas R Walgreen
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