- Date
- October 11, 1976
- Place
- Wilmington, NC · WILMINGTON, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5765RPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761011033279A
- Case key
- 156054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2686 76/10/11 WILMINGTON,NC PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1435 N5765R PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 25, 1390 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 156 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW HANOVER CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC WILMINGTON,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE CTL ROD BEARING END DISCONNECTED FROM FUEL INJECTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5765R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Hanover Co
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.