- Date
- December 29, 1980
- Place
- Cleveland, TX · CLEVELAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9059DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801229078009A
- Case key
- 127526
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3185 80/12/29 CLEVELAND,TX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 700 TIME - 0700 N9059D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 553 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUKE FARMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,TX LAPORTE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FIRE IN FUSELAGE BHND FIREWALL NR RUDDER PEDALS.WITNESS OBSD FIRE FM LWR FWD FUSELAGE AT LIFT-OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9059D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Duke Farms
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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.