- Date
- May 15, 1974
- Place
- Mt Morris, MI · MT MORRIS, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2337TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740515013769A
- Case key
- 170257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1157 74/5/15 MT MORRIS,MICH PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 327 TIME - 1150 N2337T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BISHOP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLINT,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: VALVES POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HEAT SHROUD 2IN L DEFROST TUBE LINED BTWN GR SCISSOR AND OIL QUICK DRAIN.WHEN GR RETRACTED OIL EX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2337T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bishop
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.