- Date
- June 21, 1969
- Place
- Yatesville, GA · YATESVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5726WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172702
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3276 69/6/21 YATESVILLE,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 2121 TIME - 0130 N5726W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OZARK,ALA ATHENS,GA 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: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT BROKE BTN CENTER AND REAR MAIN BEARINGS.MAJ OVERHAUL CRANKSHAFT GRND TO.010 UNDERSIZE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5726W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5726WRegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2020 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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