- Date
- April 4, 1965
- Place
- Akron, CO · AKRON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8890WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179262
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0246 65/4/4 NR.AKRON COLO PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1175 TIME - 1205 N8890W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT,OUT OF CONTROL.AFTER TIP-TANK FAILURE,DESCENDED INTO IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8890W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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