- Date
- December 18, 1976
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA · CHESAPEAKE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1708TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761218040179A
- Case key
- 157085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4165 76/12/18 CHESAPEAKE,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N1708T PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 62, 9636 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESAPEAKE PORTSM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESAPEAKE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SCORED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- #1 CYL CRACKED.BOTH PLUGS FOULED,LEAD DEPOSITS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1708T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chesapeake Portsm
N1708TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.