- Date
- June 28, 1968
- Place
- Ocean City, MD · OCEAN CITY, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7794HPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109818
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1934 68/6/28 OCEAN CITY,MD PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 480 TIME - 1215 N7794H PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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- CARB LOOSE ON INTAKE MANIFOLD FLANGE. CAUSED AIR LEAK,LEAN MIXTURE. MISSED BANNER PICKUP APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7794H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ocean City
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