- Date
- July 4, 1966
- Place
- Brookhaven, MS · BROOKHAVEN, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7503ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1553 66/7/4 BROOKHAVEN MISS PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3400 TIME - 0815 N7503Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOKHAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: LOW TENSION WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HOLE BURNED THROUGH MUFFLER RESULTING IN EXHAUST HEAT SHORTING MAGNETO SWITCH WIRING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7503Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brookhaven
N7503ZRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7503Z · 1
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