- Date
- February 18, 1978
- Place
- Camden, TN · CAMDEN, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1693PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780218006769A
- Case key
- 143283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0444 78/2/18 CAMDEN,TN PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 6090 TIME - 1350 N1693P PX- 1 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENTON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMDEN,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION REMARKS- FLT TO RUN TEMP PROFILE TEST,PROBE ATTACHED TO FRONT R WING STRUT - STRUT ATTACHING BOLT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1693P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Benton County
N1693PRegistration cancelled Jul 1, 2009 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine 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.