- Date
- October 15, 1978
- Place
- Morganza, MD · MORGANZA, MD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1235TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781015031849A
- Case key
- 139049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2888 78/10/15 MORGANZA,MD PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 970 TIME - 1048 N1235T PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 312 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD RICHMOND,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT HIT PWR LINE DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.#3 & #4 CYL CONNECTING RODS FAILED AT CRANKSHAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1235T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.