- Date
- November 25, 1977
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N65173Piper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4276 77/11/25 AVALON,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 211 TIME - 1145 N65173 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FULLERTON,CA FULLERTON,CA AVALON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65173
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Catalina
N65173Registered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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