- Date
- May 23, 1975
- Place
- Columbus, OH · COLUMBUS, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6046YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750523014219A
- Case key
- 148967
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1245 75/5/23 COLUMBUS,OH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1205 N6046Y PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 33, 10251 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 281 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT COLUMBUS INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,OH LOUISVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: GASKET MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- EX PORT GASKET AND STUD MISSING.ENG COWL DESIGN PRECLUDES ADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6046Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Columbus Int
N6046YRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.