- Date
- July 30, 1974
- Place
- Grand Jctn, CO · GRAND JCTN, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N203SPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740730027729A
- Case key
- 134328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2631 74/7/30 GRAND JCTN,COLO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0826 N203S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY AGE 37, 3462 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 205 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALKER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND JCTN,COLO HAYWARD,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- OBSTRUCTION IN LFT ENG CARB AIR BOX.PILOT CONTD TKOF,STILL 3000 FT RWY REMAINING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N203S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walker Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.