- Date
- August 22, 1967
- Place
- Woodsboro, TX · WOODSBORO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8779PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3143 67/8/22 WOODSBORO,TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N8779P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 6158 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: PUMP-PRESSURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OIL PICK-UP TUBE CLOGGED AT INLET PORT. HEAVY SLUDGE FOUND IN OIL SUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8779P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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