- Date
- November 6, 1975
- Place
- Winston Salem, NC · WINSTON SALEM, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16361Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751106035059A
- Case key
- 151187
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3133 75/11/6 WINSTON SALEM,NC PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1510 N16361 PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 46, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADVANCE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - 0IL EXHAUSTION-PROPELLER SYSTEM TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WRONG TYPE QUICK DRAIN VALVE INSTALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16361
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N16361Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N16361 · 1
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