- Date
- August 9, 1974
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH · WADSWORTH, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5512WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740809032019A
- Case key
- 137274
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3019 74/8/9 NR.WADSWORTH,OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0620 N5512W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 24, 650 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 28 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WELTZIEN-SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WADSWORTH,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FUEL QUICK DRAIN VALVE FOUND IN OPEN PSN.HIT UTILITY POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5512W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weltzien-Skypark
N5512WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-150Airframe modelPiper PA-28-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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