- Date
- December 11, 1977
- Place
- Buckhannon, WV · BUCKHANNON, WV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N200HMPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19771211039819A
- Case key
- 80055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3640 77/12/11 NR.BUCKHANNON,WV PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N200HM PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 34, 3418 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 77 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKHANNON,WV ROCHESTER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200HM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N200HMRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.
Other investigations on N200HM · 1
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