- Date
- January 14, 1970
- Place
- Richland, GA · RICHLAND, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3245WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147741
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0057 70/1/14 RICHLAND,GA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 544 TIME - 1445 N3245W PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 149 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONGLEAF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA RICHLAND,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE KNOB CTL SHAFT RETAIN PIN MISSING PLT LOCKED THROTTLE DRG DSCNT,UN RELEASE DUE LOOSE KNOB
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3245W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Longleaf
N3245WRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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