- Date
- June 27, 1966
- Place
- Ashland, AL · ASHLAND, AL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5775YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171151
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0799 66/6/27 ASHLAND ALA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1850 TIME - 0600 N5775Y PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE TEARAWAY IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MOUNT AND VIBRATION ISOLATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- RT ENG MNT FAILED.ENG MOVED TO RT REAR FAILING RT WING.ENTRAPPED WELD SCALE FND IN FRACTURED WELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5775Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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