- Date
- September 20, 1974
- Place
- Olney, IL · OLNEY, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55061Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740920035089A
- Case key
- 138726
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3426 74/9/20 OLNEY,ILL PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N55061 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 70 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLNEY-NOBLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLNEY,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- UNEVEN TERRAIN.MANEUVER TO AVOID HEAVY EQMT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55061
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Olney-Noble
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.