- Date
- August 21, 1971
- Place
- Cody, WY · CODY, WY
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4599PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162105
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1446 71/8/21 CODY,WYO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 2555 TIME - 1800 N4599P PX- 0 0 6 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CODY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CODY,WYO IRONWOOD,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING REMARKS- PLT DID NOT NOTICE ANY FUEL STAINS,SMELL DRG PRE-FLT.AD 70-3-8 COVERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4599P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cody Muni
N4599PRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2011 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4599P · 1
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