- Date
- September 15, 1970
- Place
- Evanston, WY · EVANSTON, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7414KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158482
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3948 70/9/15 EVANSTON,WYO PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 850 TIME - 1835 N7414K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSTON,WYO OGDEN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 3 EXHAUST VALVE FAILED,HEAD IMBEDDED IN PISTON.LNDD ON WINDING DIRT ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7414K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7414KRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2017 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N7414K · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC10LA084Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSouth Naknek, AKThe loss of engine power during cruise flight for an undetermined reason, resulting in an emergency landing and collision with terrain.NTSB LAX66D0253Accident · No injuriesClosedMontello, NVNTSB UNK64X4137Accident · No injuriesClosedWoods Cross, UT