- Date
- April 20, 1980
- Place
- Easterville, VA · EASTERVILLE, VA
- Aircraft
- N6170DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800420009659A
- Case key
- 136443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0681 80/4/20 EASTERVILLE,VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 169 TIME - 1500 N6170D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TANGIER ISLAND,VA CHESAPEAKE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- #3 EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6170D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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