- Date
- September 3, 1965
- Place
- Grants, NM · GRANTS, NM
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4802APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0518 65/9/3 NR.GRANTS N MEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TIME - 1000 N4802A PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-LEFT CRANKSHAFT IDLER GEAR CAP SCREW FAILD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4802A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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