- Date
- June 30, 1978
- Place
- Salem, MI · SALEM, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7505WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780630019069A
- Case key
- 140412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4283 78/6/30 SALEM,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 350 TIME - 2230 N7505W PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALEM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALEM,MI SALEM,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE CONTROL DISCONNECTED FROM THROTTLE LEVER.BOLT,NUT,COTTER PIN MISSING.COLLIDED WITH BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7505W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Salem
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7505W · 1
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