- Date
- April 11, 1972
- Place
- Kingman, AZ · KINGMAN, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9077WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1431 72/4/11 KINGMAN,ARIZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 557 TIME - 1630 N9077W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DINOSAUR CVRNS,ARIZ ORANGE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR2 CYL INTAKE VALVE FAILED. LNDD ON ROLLING DESERT FULL OF LARGE ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9077W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9077WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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