- Date
- September 25, 1969
- Place
- Magnolia, AR · MAGNOLIA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6408RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2660 69/9/25 MAGNOLIA,ARK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 19, TIME - 0700 N6408R PX- 0 0 0 SOLO 11 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAGNOLIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAGNOLIA,ARK MAGNOLIA,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FIRST SOLO FLT. PLT MISUSED MIXTURE CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6408R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Magnolia
N6408RRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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