- Date
- January 5, 1971
- Place
- Gallup, NM · GALLUP, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8922PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0855 71/1/5 GALLUP,N MEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1252 N8922P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 51, 5496 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALLUP,N MEX BURLEY,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TEMPERATURE TOO LOW POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR4 CYL CON ROD FAILED DUE LACK OF LUBRICATION.ENG TEMP BLO OPN LVL AT TKOF.HIT TRUCK ON HIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8922P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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