- Date
- February 19, 1969
- Place
- Sandy Springs, GA · SANDY SPRINGS, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7553YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191094
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0825 69/2/19 SANDY SPRINGS,GA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1770 TIME - 1905 N7553Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1275 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARKAIRE 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 - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT IN FOR MAINTENANCE.MECHANIC HAD REMOVED PROP GOVERNOR ON R ENG,HD ASSY OF L GOV.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7553Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Parkaire
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