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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-22 · Elizabethtown, KY · June 29, 1974

Accident · Minor injuriesClosed
Date
June 29, 1974
Place
Elizabethtown, KY · ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
Injuries
1 minor
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N1928PPiper PA-22
Status
Completed · report August 6, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19740629019129A
Case key
173410

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1720  74/6/29    ELIZABETHTOWN,KY    PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 26, 55 TOTAL
        TIME - 1700                    N1928P              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LLOYD FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ELIZABETHTOWN,KY            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND

Aircraft

Registration
N1928P
Reported as
Piper PA-22
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Lloyd Field

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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