- Date
- March 16, 1973
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7606DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730316005209A
- Case key
- 169802
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0591 73/3/16 LONG BEACH,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1062 TIME - 1040 N7606D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HIT TREE,FENCE THEN NOSED OVR INVERTED.VALVE FAILURE IN NO.3 CYL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7606D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Long Beach
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7606D · 1
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