- Date
- January 4, 1971
- Place
- Jonesboro, AR · JONESBORO, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6348JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160006
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0391 71/1/4 JONESBORO,ARK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N6348J PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 1600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 820 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JONESBORO,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT SAID ENG REGAINED FULL PWR DURG FORCED LDG APCH AFT PWR LOSS. HIT TREE DURG CLIMBOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6348J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6348JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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