- Date
- February 5, 1974
- Place
- Pellston, MI · PELLSTON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3911WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740205005119A
- Case key
- 187031
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0296 74/2/5 PELLSTON,MICH PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 821 TIME - 1040 N3911W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 740 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMMET COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PELLSTON,MICH KOKOMO,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TEMPERATURE TOO LOW POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PILOT DID NOT PREHEAT OIL SUFFICIENTLY PRIOR TO FLIGHT.NR CON ROD FAILED IN BEARING AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3911W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Emmet County
N3911WRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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