- Date
- March 2, 1968
- Place
- Panama City, FL · PANAMA CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4609RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0768 68/3/2 PANAMA CITY,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N4609R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 1021 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 43 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PROLONGED GLIDE WHILE DEMONSTRATING FORCED LNDG. ENG RESTARTED AFTER TREES STRUCK. LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4609R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage