- Date
- February 18, 1980
- Place
- Clear Spring, MD · CLEAR SPRING, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7596DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19800218002889A
- Case key
- 80078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0069 80/2/18 NR.CLEAR SPRING,MD PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 637 TIME - 1150 N7596D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOVER,DE CUMBERLAND,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING REMARKS- 2-IN CRACK IN MUFFLER,PN 10308-03,INSIDE OF SHROUD.10HRS SINCE LAST ANNUAL INSP.PLT CO LVL-59%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7596D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7596D · 1
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