- Date
- September 28, 1972
- Place
- Humble City, NM · HUMBLE CITY, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4358PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2606 72/9/28 HUMBLE CITY,N MEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1256 TIME - 1550 N4358P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOVINGTON,NMEX HOBBS,NMEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: LINES,HOSES,FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L ENG OIL COOLER LINE RUPTURED. PROP FTHRD. UN SUSTAIN FLT ON 1 ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4358P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4358PRegistered now · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.