- Date
- February 5, 1977
- Place
- Tolono, IL · TOLONO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7440PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770205002229A
- Case key
- 157123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0358 77/2/5 NR.TOLONO,IL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 314 TIME - 1432 N7440P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUSCOLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOLONO,IL WILLARD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FIRST FLIGHT OUT OF ANNUAL INSPECTION. MIXTURE CONTROL MISROUTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7440P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tuscola
N7440PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.
Other investigations on N7440P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC09LA042Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWasilla, AKA loss of engine power due to the blockage of the carburetor air inlet by a piece of engine baffling. Contributing to the accident was a worn engine baffle, and the pilot/owner's failure to have the engine baffle replaced.NTSB MKC66F0270Accident · No injuriesClosedWagner, SD