- Date
- June 22, 1979
- Place
- Burbank, CA · BURBANK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4106RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790622013539A
- Case key
- 136241
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1052 79/6/22 BURBANK,CA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0850 N4106R PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 33, 2100 TOTAL HOURS, 181 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURBANK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,CA BURBANK,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BROKEN FLYWEIGHT WENT INTO DRIVING GEAR OF CRANKSHAFT DISABLING THE ENGINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4106R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 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.