- Date
- October 7, 1970
- Place
- Bisbee, AZ · BISBEE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8896NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159018
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4073 70/10/7 BISBEE,ARIZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 6000 TIME - 1530 N8896N PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BISBEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISBEE,ARIZ SIERRA VISTA,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STUFFED RAG IN WHAT HE THOUGHT CABIN HEAT OUTLET TO SUPPRESS NOISE.WAS IN CARB AIR INTAKE HOSE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8896N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bisbee