- Date
- September 13, 1976
- Place
- Daybrook, WV · DAYBROOK, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7972YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760913031459A
- Case key
- 155632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3211 76/9/13 DAYBROOK,WV PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 769 TIME - 1645 N7972Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHISLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYBROOK,WV PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ENG CKD A LITTLE ON THE LEAN SIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7972Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chisler
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7972Y · 1
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