- Date
- September 7, 1970
- Place
- Willoughby, OH · WILLOUGHBY, OH
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5032WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173436
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2167 70/9/7 WILLOUGHBY,OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 326 TIME - 0848 N5032W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ITHACA,NY CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 4 CYL EXHAUST VALVE FAILED. HI TIME ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5032W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cuyahoga County
N5032WRegistration cancelled Jun 22, 1976 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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