- Date
- November 15, 1965
- Place
- Fontana Villge, NC · FONTANA VILLGE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8070DPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175106
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3129 65/11/15 FONTANA VILLGE NC PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 35, 279 TIME - 1635 N8070D PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: SEALS AND GASKETS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FRONT MAIN CRANKSHAFT OIL SEAL FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8070D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8070DRegistration cancelled Jan 21, 1976 · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.