- Date
- January 9, 1972
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8218WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165270
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0230 72/1/9 FORT WORTH,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N8218W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANGHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TEX ARLINGTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NR 3 CYL EXHAUST VALVE FAILED. HIT TREE OFF END OF RWY ON RET TO ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8218W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mangham
N8218WRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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