- Date
- September 7, 1980
- Place
- Germantown, OH · GERMANTOWN, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7524WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800907041499A
- Case key
- 128915
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2472 80/9/7 NR.GERMANTOWN,OH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 68, 1028 TIME - 1240 N7524W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 936 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN,OH LIMA,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NUMBER TWO ROD HAD FLAYED OVER THE CYLINDER SKIRT AND LOCKED UP ENGINE.BEARING DISINTEGRATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7524W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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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.