- Date
- July 25, 1971
- Place
- Alpine, CA · ALPINE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N972APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4518 71/7/25 ALPINE,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 154 TIME - 1430 N972A PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TULE SPRNGS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTEE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN 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 ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- EXH VALVE HEAD SEPD FRM STEM.HOLES IN TOP OF PISTON,NR3 CNCTG ROD TWISTED.CIRCLING STRIP.HIT RUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N972A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tule Sprngs Strip
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