- Date
- November 14, 1971
- Place
- Wrens, GA · WRENS, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N884APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3463 71/11/14 WRENS,GA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 46, TIME - 2000 N884A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 148 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WRENS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WRENS,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG CUT OUT SEVERAL TIMES. ACFT HIT GND DURG TURN BACK TO STRIP. PLT LACKED RECENCY IN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N884A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wrens
N884ARegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Piper PA-22Airframe modelPiper PA-22Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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