- Date
- July 13, 1978
- Place
- Baltimore, MD · BALTIMORE, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66892Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780713021359A
- Case key
- 140449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0011 78/7/13 BALTIMORE,MD PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1118 N66892 PX- 0 0 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 25, 3300 TOTAL HOURS, 800 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD CUMBERLAND,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: EXTERNAL SUPERCHARGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- CLAMP HOLDING EXHAUST TO TURBOCHARGER MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66892
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N66892Registration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Piper PA-31-350Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N66892 · 1
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