- Date
- December 14, 1969
- Place
- Bolton, MS · BOLTON, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7261FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146187
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4620 69/12/14 BOLTON,MISS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 107 TIME - 1700 N7261F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN BELL WILLIAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOLTON,MISS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: IGNITION HARNESS,SHIELDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- NR 1 CYL LWR SPARK PLUG OUT OF CYL,OTHER PLUGS LOOSE,WIRES LOOSE.ACFT FLOWN 3.7 HRS SINCE ANNUAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7261F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- John Bell William
N7261FRegistration cancelled May 11, 2024 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7261F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.