- Date
- July 3, 1969
- Place
- Cocoa, FL · COCOA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92273Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3022 69/7/3 COCOA,FLA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N92273 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 43, 1723 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 483 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COCOA,FLA COCOA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 4 CYL EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92273
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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