- Date
- March 7, 1980
- Place
- Loyal, OK · LOYAL, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3223WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800307006089A
- Case key
- 131918
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0538 80/3/7 NR.LOYAL,OK PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 60 TIME - 1300 N3223W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUTHRIE,OK FAIRVIEW,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STU PLT SECURED ENG FOR EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. NOSE GEAR FAILED DRNG FRC'D LNDG. #3 CYL VALVE BRKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3223W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kingfisher
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3223W · 2
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