- Date
- December 5, 1980
- Place
- Carson City, NV · CARSON CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3587WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801205089409A
- Case key
- 127570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3707 80/12/5 CARSON CITY,NV PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 768 TIME - 0900 N3587W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 214 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARSON CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARSON CITY,NV ELKO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PRIMING SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 1HR SINCE ANNUAL.PRIMER LINE DSCNTD,NO CARB AIR FILTER INSTLD,OIL SUMP PLUG NOT SAFETIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3587W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Carson City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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