- Date
- September 19, 1978
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4376EPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780919030789A
- Case key
- 139443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4043 78/9/19 NR.INDIANAPOLIS,IN PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2345 N4376E PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 24, 2102 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 7 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIANAPOLIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTON,OH ST. LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- BOTH MAGNETOS PN4050,4051 HAD SHORTED CONDENSORS PNM3087.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4376E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Indianapolis
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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.