- Date
- August 14, 1977
- Place
- Edgewater, MD · EDGEWATER, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8006CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770814024829A
- Case key
- 146192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1913 77/8/14 EDGEWATER,MD PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 640 TIME - 1920 N8006C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 580 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDGEWATER,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - LOOSE GRAVEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FRONT INTERMEDIATE CRANKSHAFT BEARINGS OVERSIZED. INSTALLED AT ENGINE OVERHAUL, PIN 69447-M03.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8006C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lee
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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.