- Date
- February 28, 1971
- Place
- W.Palm Beach, FL · W.PALM BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5986YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2825 71/2/28 W.PALM BEACH,FLA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N5986Y PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 1838 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 438 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM BEACH INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W.PALM BEACH,FLA KUPPER,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 2ND PROP-ENG PROBLEM-FEA L PROP,GR DWN,NOT ALIGNED WITH RWY,ATMTD GOARND.UN CONT FLT DUE GR DWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5986Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Beach Intl
N5986YRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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