- Date
- July 29, 1979
- Place
- Spring Green, WI · SPRING GREEN, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N20995Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790729033739A
- Case key
- 134295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3087 79/7/29 SPRING GREEN,WI PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 1154 TIME - 1450 N20995 PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 173 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MADISON,WI VIROQUA,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- REGULATOR STEM NUT,BENDIX P/N 2539449,BACKED OFF.BLACK GREASE LIKE SUB FOUND ON STEM & NUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20995
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.