- Date
- August 9, 1975
- Place
- Lake Village, IN · LAKE VILLAGE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5298HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750809024399A
- Case key
- 150200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2332 75/8/9 LAKE VILLAGE,IN PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 776 TIME - 1520 N5298H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 676 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE VILLAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALPARAISO,IN LAKE VILLAGE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5298H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Village
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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.