- Date
- January 31, 1976
- Place
- Nashville, IN · NASHVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7821DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760131002069A
- Case key
- 152900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0270 76/1/31 NASHVILLE,IN PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1620 N7821D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKLIN,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 3 CYL EX VALVE HEAD SEPARATED FM VALVE.CRASH LNDD IN TREES.ENG S/N L7895-27.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7821D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7821D · 1
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