- Date
- April 22, 1979
- Place
- Park Falls, WI · PARK FALLS, WI
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4073PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790422029319A
- Case key
- 135502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3233 79/4/22 PARK FALLS,WI PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 552 TIME - 1700 N4073P PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 195 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARK FALLS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PARK FALLS,WI LA CROSSE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4073P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Park Falls Muni
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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 N4073P · 1
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