- Date
- October 9, 1977
- Place
- Burbank, CA · BURBANK, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5169PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771009033049A
- Case key
- 145258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3068 77/10/9 BURBANK,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 5054 TIME - 1645 N5169P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 213 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLYWOOD BURBANK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURBANK,CA MONTEREY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HUBS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FRACTURED AT HUB,BLADES CAME LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5169P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hollywood Burbank
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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.
Other investigations on N5169P · 1
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