- Date
- January 15, 1966
- Place
- Montgomery, LA · MONTGOMERY, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7950PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0044 66/1/15 MONTGOMERY LA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1225 TIME - 1515 N7950P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 885 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.1 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7950P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7950PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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Other investigations on N7950P · 1
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