- Date
- October 31, 1974
- Place
- Hobart, IN · HOBART, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N142XPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741031037149A
- Case key
- 140949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3388 74/10/31 HOBART,IND PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N142X PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 22, 1191 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 38 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBART DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBART,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- PWR PLANT DID NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE APPLICATION.LNDD IN GOLF COURSE.SE LDG PCTC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N142X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hobart
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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.