- Date
- August 9, 1965
- Place
- Douglas, WY · DOUGLAS, WY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1272PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177287
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0671 65/8/9 DOUGLAS WYO PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 2000 TIME - 1645 N1272P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-OIL STARVATION INDUCED FEATHERING L.PROP PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 88 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALTITUDE 7500.SINGLE ENG CEILING 5500 FT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1272P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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