- Date
- May 1, 1967
- Place
- Alexandria, VA · ALEXANDRIA, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7566PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0705 67/5/1 ALEXANDRIA,VA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 2000 TIME - 1600 N7566P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON-VIRGIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT SAID ENG CUT OUT MOMENTARILY ON DOWNWIND SO HE MADE A SHORT TRAFFIC PATTERN-WAS HIGH AND FAST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7566P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Washington-Virgin
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