- Date
- November 4, 1965
- Place
- Homer, GA · HOMER, GA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6579PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3998 65/11/4 HOMER GA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N6579P PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 44, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NUMBER 3 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD CAP BOLTS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6579P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N6579P · 3
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