- Date
- August 26, 1975
- Place
- Petersburg, VA · PETERSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N270XPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750826029059A
- Case key
- 150872
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2739 75/8/26 PETERSBURG,VA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 3500 TIME - 2000 N270X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTERFIELD,VA PETERSBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ON DOWNWIND LEG FELT VIBRATION FEA R ENG.DID NOT GET SAFE GR INDCTN,WENT AROUND.UN CONT FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N270X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Petersburg Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
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