- Date
- February 23, 1974
- Place
- Brawley, CA · BRAWLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1837PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740223003299A
- Case key
- 170230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0739 74/2/23 BRAWLEY,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1105 N1837P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 47, 3280 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 17 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRAWLEY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRAWLEY,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GRAINS OF SAND FOUND IN CARB CK VALVE. LND IN STREET,NOSE GR HIT CURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1837P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brawley Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1837P · 1
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