- Date
- December 1, 1978
- Place
- Baton Rouge, LA · BATON ROUGE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9322NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781201044769A
- Case key
- 137993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4207 78/12/1 NR.BATON ROUGE,LA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1671 TIME - 1315 N9322N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 683 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATON ROUGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATON ROUGE,LA MCCOMB,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OIL COOLERS POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: LINES,HOSES,FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OIL COOLER LINE DISCONNECTED FROM ATTACH FITTING,ENG SEIZED IN FLT.WX NOT A FACTOR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9322N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Baton Rouge
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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.