- Date
- September 2, 1971
- Place
- Nogales, AZ · NOGALES, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4080WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3183 71/9/2 NOGALES,ARIZ PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 62, 12000 TIME - 1630 N4080W PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1350 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NOGALES INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOGALES,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLT TO ISOLATE VIBRATION IN ACFT. NO ENG MALFUNCTION DISCOVERED. HIT PHONE WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4080W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nogales Intl
N4080WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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