- Date
- April 7, 1974
- Place
- Aurora, IL · AURORA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4894SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740407007729A
- Case key
- 186527
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0594 74/4/7 AURORA,ILL PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 330 TIME - 1325 N4894S PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST CLOUD,MINN AURORA,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- USED CARB HEAT TWICE IN FLT.DID NOT APPLY CARB HEAT DRG ENTRY TO TFC PATTERN.LGT RAIN AND SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4894S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aurora
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.