- Date
- December 14, 1977
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8636PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771214038219A
- Case key
- 143846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4054 77/12/14 OKLAHOMA CITY,OK PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 488 TIME - 1700 N8636P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TX OKLAHOMA CITY,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROPELLER,HARTZELL HC C2YKIA,PITCH CHANGE BLOCK,P/N 2217,FROZEN ON TEFLON BUSHING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8636P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8636PRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.