- Date
- July 17, 1965
- Place
- Winston Salem, NC · WINSTON SALEM, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8618WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176797
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1538 65/7/17 WINSTON SALEM NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N8618W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH-REYNOLDS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8618W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith-Reynolds
N8618WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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