- Date
- July 5, 1970
- Place
- Crawfordsvlle, IN · CRAWFORDSVLLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6043DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2844 70/7/5 CRAWFORDSVLLE,IND PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 417 TIME - 1300 N6043D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 327 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAWFORDSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRAWFORDSVLLE,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: BAFFLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AD68-5-1 NOT COMPLIED WITH.EXHAUST BAFFLES LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6043D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crawfordsville
N6043DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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