- Date
- August 3, 1979
- Place
- Red Star, AR · RED STAR, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7646KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790803019069A
- Case key
- 135051
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1499 79/8/3 NR.RED STAR,AR PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 933 TIME - 1630 N7646K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLIPPIN,AR BLACKWELL,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LEFT MAGNETO IGNITION COIL FAILED.RIGHT MAGNETO PRIMARY LEAD GROUNDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7646K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7646KRegistration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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