- Date
- August 11, 1973
- Place
- Minden, LA · MINDEN, LA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3691WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730811023619A
- Case key
- 189575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1965 73/8/11 MINDEN,LA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 30, 526 TIME - 0850 N3691W PX- 0 0 5 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 203 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHREVEPORT,LA RUSTIN,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - REDUCTION GEAR ASSEMBLY: GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT INTENTIONALLY STALLED AIRCRAFT TO AVOID OBSTRUCTIONS.4 PAX PARACHUTED OK.2HR SINCE ENG OVHL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3691W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Minden
N3691WRegistration cancelled Jul 6, 2012 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.