- Date
- December 16, 1975
- Place
- Tennyson, IN · TENNYSON, IN
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4115PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751216041879A
- Case key
- 151643
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3879 75/12/16 TENNYSON,IN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2591 TIME - 1345 N4115P PX- 0 1 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 161 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARYSVILLE,OH HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUCTUATING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRG R FUEL PUMP CK,OPERATED,DID NOT PRODUCE ANY PRES OR FLOW.L ENG QUIT WHEN PLT ENTRD OVCST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4115P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.