- Date
- March 5, 1968
- Place
- Lake City, SC · LAKE CITY, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5468ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111996
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0476 68/3/5 LAKE CITY,SC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N5468Z PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 23, 400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 19 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LFT MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR GEAR LOOSE ON SUPPORT SHAFT ALLOWING DISTRIBUTOR ARM TO SWIVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5468Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake City
N5468ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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