- Date
- January 4, 1979
- Place
- Chesterfield, VA · CHESTERFIELD, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55403Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790104000269A
- Case key
- 137694
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0038 79/1/4 CHESTERFIELD,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 37 TOTAL TIME - 1220 N55403 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTERFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTERFIELD,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55403
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chesterfield
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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.