- Date
- August 6, 1977
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9173PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770806026159A
- Case key
- 146327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2163 77/8/6 NEWPORT NEWS,VA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 2518 TIME - 1500 N9173P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1923 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORANGE COUNTY,VA NEWPORT NEWS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRIVE GEAR DETACHED FRM CRANKSHAFT.HIT BRIDGE GUARDRAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9173P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9173P · 2
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