- Date
- September 11, 1972
- Place
- Jacksonville, IL · JACKSONVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8793PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168394
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3340 72/9/11 JACKSONVILLE,ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 2000 TIME - 1000 N8793P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACKSONVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,ILL ST LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: BAFFLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- BAFFLE BROKE LOOSE,COVERING EXH OUTLET.ALT TOO LOW FOR COMPLETE GR EXTENSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8793P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jacksonville
N8793PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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.