- Date
- April 18, 1980
- Place
- Kendallville, IN · KENDALLVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3406PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800418009599A
- Case key
- 130753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1057 80/4/18 KENDALLVILLE,IN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N3406P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 42, 1091 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 85 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENDALLVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENDALLVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- IP INTENTIONALLY SHUT L ENG DOWN & FEATHERED PROP TO PRACTICE S/ENG GO-AROUND PROCEDURES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3406P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kendallville Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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