- Date
- April 18, 1972
- Place
- Lacey Springs, AL · LACEY SPRINGS, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3231BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1465 72/4/18 LACEY SPRINGS,ALA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 233 TIME - 1625 N3231B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LACEY SPRINGS,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3231B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- South Huntsville
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