- Date
- May 19, 1981
- Place
- Detroit Lakes, MN · DETROIT LAKES, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44767Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810519029959A
- Case key
- 126734
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1072 81/5/19 DETROIT LAKES,MN PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 985 TIME - 0914 N44767 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 194 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT LAKES,MN SIOUX CITY,IO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - REDUCTION GEAR ASSEMBLY: GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DOWL PIN,PN STD-1065,FAILED.CRNKSHFT BOLT,PN STD-847;DRIVEN GEAR,PN 61155,BCM LOOSE.HIT ROAD SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44767
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Detroit Lakes
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N44767 · 1
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