- Date
- September 11, 1970
- Place
- Cohasset, VA · COHASSET, VA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6394RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140152
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3717 70/9/11 COHASSET,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 50 TOTAL TIME - 0915 N6394R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORK UNION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PETERSBURG,VA FORK UNION,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6394R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fork Union
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