- Date
- September 15, 1967
- Place
- Midville, GA · MIDVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7761ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3329 67/9/15 MIDVILLE,GA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1050 TIME - 1630 N7761Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SURVEY FIELD/AREA GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT SELECTED FLD TOO SHORT FOR SAFE LNDG. INTENTIONAL GROUND LOOP TO AVOID TREES. NO LOAD ABOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7761Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7761ZRegistration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7761Z · 1
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