- Date
- December 14, 1980
- Place
- Hagarville, AR · HAGARVILLE, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12MLPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801214075899A
- Case key
- 127738
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3690 80/12/14 NR.HAGARVILLE,AR PIPER PA-32R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1600 TIME - 1139 N12ML PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOT SPRINGS,AR NEWTON,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- #3 CYL INTK VALVE FAILED, REASON UNDETERMINED. ACFT PULLED UP ON SHORT FINAL TO AVOID TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12ML
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N12MLRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N12ML · 1
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