- Date
- March 8, 1974
- Place
- Compton, CA · COMPTON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1542PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740308004809A
- Case key
- 186605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0415 74/3/8 COMPTON,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 239 TIME - 1330 N1542P PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMPTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COMPTON,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BROKEN PISTON NO 3 CYL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1542P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Compton
N1542PRegistered now · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.