- Date
- July 20, 1974
- Place
- Huntington, IN · HUNTINGTON, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7496JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740720034689A
- Case key
- 132633
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3427 74/7/20 HUNTINGTON,IND PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 130 TIME - 1430 N7496J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNTINGTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTTUMWA,IOWA FT WAYNE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NUMEROUS SUITABLE ARPTS THRUGHOUT GNL AREA.LNDD IN OPEN FLD WITH NUMEROUS SMALL DITCHES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7496J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Huntington Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7496J · 1
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